The case has raised eyebrows in the usually chummy world of Silicon Valley venture capital.
In the early 1990s Fluxman grew chummy with Warshaw, as the two men competed for contracts.
Mr Kleinfeld's main problem was his lack of allies in Germany's chummy corporate elite.
China and India, strategic rivals to east and west, chummy up to the junta.
Mr Sarkozy was chummy with Serge Dassault, the owner of Dassault Aviation, a rival maker of jets.
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To regain power, the former socialist has turned into a cynical political boss, chummy with corrupt reactionaries.
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Plus, once we become chummy over e-mail, I don't feel as uncomfortable about having them in my home.
The historically difficult relationships with Serbia, Romania and Ukraine, all home to Magyar minorities, look chummy in comparison.
Male directors mentor young men but are reluctant to get chummy with young women, lest the relationship be misconstrued.
G7 meetings have a reputation for being chummy affairs where little is accomplished.
As cross-shareholdings are unwound, companies will no longer be able to count on unquestioning support from chummy corporate shareholders.
The series finale saw the wedding of popular midwife Chummy - played by Miranda Hart - and policeman PC Noakes.
Several leading Greek Socialists have long been chummy with Mr Ocalan, on the principle that your enemy's enemy is your friend.
Nor are they as chummy with the government as you might think.
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After maybe another 15 minutes, an aggressively chummy man with piercing blue eyes, wearing a sweater and slacks, came out to the car.
The problem is that EU leaders, who nowadays hold summits almost every month, are often too chummy to be ready to criticise each other.
At home, far from ushering in a new era of chummy bipartisanship, he seldom opens his mouth without bashing his opponents or his predecessor.
Mr Kerry is reportedly not chummy with Mr Edwards, but that may not matter after all, the last senator from Massachusetts to win the Democratic nomination, John F.
As one of the first industrial developers in the city, Roski became chummy with the ranchers who had dreamed up the place, including founding father James Stafford.
The return of his salary should remind us that we do indeed pay him to perform a function, one that he expands with every chummy photo op.
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And I think a lot of folks say, well, if we look like we're being too cooperative or too chummy with the President that might cause us problems.
Mr. McCLINTON: (Singing) If you were over in Egypt, way down deep on a dig, and if some mummy tried to get chummy, I'd be there to unravel his wig.
Relaxed behind a broad desk whose mirror sheen is mostly hidden by stacks of paper that suggest work is actually done there, Trump is pleasant, even chummy, with a my-time-is-your-time easiness greeting his guest.
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But on the whole the lachrymose representative from Ohio is a steady, straight-talking, country club sort of Republican, chummy with lobbyists, free of pretension, who worked happily enough with Democrats on George Bush's No Child Left Behind Act.
He added that although it would be "unhealthy" for there to be a "chummy relationship" between the person keeping the banks in order and the banks themselves, banking chiefs have alleged Mr King doesn't understand what they do.
His influence behind the scenes seems to have been negative: western bankers in Moscow suspect that chummy relations between members of his court and the tycoons helped shape the worst bits of the current package, especially the bank bail-out.
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