But other associates said Mr. Freeh's views were more than theoretical and represented his current thinking about his tenure and his relationship with the White House.

A longtime associate of former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah, Shahryar represented the government of Hamid Karzai, who became Afghanistan's new president in the summer of 2002.

Mr. Peters and his associate, Lars Christiansen, also charged in the Molln firebombing, do not represent every element of the rightist scene in Germany, but they are good examples of its active members.

A Socialist and a close associate of the academic and politician William John Gruffydd, Roberts represented the Labour Party on Merioneth County Council.

Since 1977 Agger and his associate, former New York Senator Charles Goodell, had represented Morocco in Washington.

"The unidentified associate is basically representing the Brezhnev doctrine when he speaks of the possibly unfavorable outcome of the elections from the Communist Party's point of view," they said.

As a lawyer for the Mental Hygiene Legal Service, which is part of the court system, Mr. Feld said he and his associates represented the majority of the mentally ill people in New York affected by the law.

My associates and I represent the Landsgraves of Gold, Silver, and Copper, and other assorted business interests in the Land.

Your associates represent an aggregate of much wisdom and several centuries of experience.

He's always had his associates represent him in court.