If you can borrow a tux from a friend or relative, make it your own with accessories such as colored fashion socks and a rented vest and bow tie.

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If you need some tips (or want to subtly share them with a friend), etiquette expert Diane Gottsman has a great post with ways to make great firsts impressions, and do well at a lot of other firsts.

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In order to give himself an alibi Aulakh went to a pub with a friend at the time of the murder to make sure he was captured on CCTV, the trial heard.

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But as far as I know, there is no version for a band with a solo violinist, so I asked a composer friend of mine to make an arrangement for us.

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As a close friend and ally, the United States intends to work closely with you to help make it a success.

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"Carpool with a friend or a relative, make a day of it, " Jesse says.

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My doctor at Children's helped me make arrangements to move into a garage apartment with a close family friend near the hospital.

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And, true to form, when he couldn't find a bag he liked as a gift for a friend, he decided to make his own, coming up with an entire line of archly simple, high-quality leather bags with a unisex flair.

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Sierra had planned to go on the trip with a friend, but went alone when the friend couldn't make it.

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