At most, I could be a good friend to Huong.

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Obama will be a good friend to Israel.

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And today President Kikwete would only say that if Barack Obama wins, let him be as good a friend to Africa as George Bush has been.

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Often we accept people into our social networks by extension of trust, i.e. a friend of a friend, so a good rule of thumb might be to question how well you really know a person before accepting a new friend request.

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"I think the funeral will mainly celebrate his life, but it will be a very sad day to say goodbye to a good friend, " he added.

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The fact that he can for a time be an exceptionally good friend makes the subsequent rejection even worse.

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During that time, a good friend, who happens to be a therapist, told me that women who are educated and successful professionals actually have a harder time than most adjusting to new motherhood.

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Perhaps a hiring manager has a friend at another company who is looking to hire, or who would be a good contact for the applicant.

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It will be exciting to play Tim -- he's a good friend of mine.

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One thing you can count on, if Peter does make it out, my good friend Rick Maiman will be there to snap a shot of him leaving the prison gates (THANKS FOR THE SHOT TODAY).

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We hate to reopen old wounds and all, but a good friend of Engadget's (who asked to be referred to as "a former senior Rio employee currently enjoying the Silicon Sun") did us the service of sending over actual device shots of the Rio Cubic, the working title for what was to be the Carbon C 30GB player.

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That's good news for Hermey, Rudolph's friend who wants to be a dentist instead of making toys.

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His mission focus was supposed to be that the overall integrity of the university is primary, and his decisions should be based on the overall good of the university, even if it means exposing a good friend who helped win football games.

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