1.  Even some friends considered her not only disinterested, but simply too fragile _ and in the rough calculus of political life, probably a liability.

2.  Friends consider Kim a genius, saying to the last that he was capable of rescuing the sprawling conglomerate, which also has steel and construction interests.

3.  Friends considered that a tragedy.

4.  My flamboyant friends consider red leather a neutral.

5.  Other friends would never consider assembling or operating a new gadget without first reading the entire instruction manual and following the directions step by step.

6.  San Francisco vocational counselor Betty Kohlenberg suggests that your friend consider temporary or volunteer work that uses her skills while she searches for a permanent position.

7.  She said she and her friends in high school considered themselves Valley Girls, even though they lived in Alhambra, eight miles east of downtown.

8.  The continuing heart problems endured by Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon have O'Neal convinced that his close friend should consider retirement.

9.  The four friends consider calling 911 but panic and bury the body in an out-of-the-way site called Devil's Glen.

10.  Your friend might also consider buying a small part of the equipment herself _ especially if there are pieces that she'd want to keep permanently.