Nonetheless, there were certain obligations upon the Overlord that came not as a result of personal closeness, but from his position and a sense of loyalty to his fellow Redeemers.

Perhaps one reason for her unfailing enthusiasm for the President is her personal closeness to members of his family.

Christians believe that the quality of forgiveness is most important in order to achieve not only personal closeness to God but reconciliation between people.

His power comes from his personal closeness to the President, who digs his diffidence and relies on his judgment, and from strong appointees in the Treasury subcabinet.

Mr. Habibie's greatest liability is his personal and political closeness to him.

Apparently influenced by Trotsky's writings, Mr. Conquest minimizes Stalin's personal closeness to Lenin.

But his closeness to his subject is never the reporter's or the anthropologist's; it is the more personal closeness of the artist.

Such commitment does not seem to inspire any delusion of personal closeness to the singer.

But the professional and personal closeness remains.

In terms of flashbulb memories, Chinese participants were less affected by all factors related to personal closeness and involvement with the event.