However, King says the remaining pair – both long-term associates of the Newcastle United owner and Rangers investor Mike Ashley – have both "stubbornly" refused to resign ahead of Friday's shareholder vote at Ibrox.
But beyond that, so many talented musicians passed through as short-term or long-term associates in his great, sprawling company that the lore has become nearly as important as the music.
Their companions tend to form a pool of long-term associates.
These professionals may have long-term associates, or they may see clients who mention a good local dentist.
After the takeover Thaksin was widely reported to have retained his interest in the remaining 10% of shares, and appointed as his nominees his long-term associate Jack Srisumrid, a Thai businessman, and the Greek shipping tycoon Victor Restis.
Mahesh Bhupathi, the Indian doubles player who is retiring at the end of this season, and Ugo Colombini, a long-term associate of Juan Martin del Potro, will continue in the roles they took up earlier this year.
Pannu, a long-term associate of Yeung's, raised a threat of suing Ivery over the book and said Ivery had been disrespectful when offering to meet Pannu in Hong Kong to give him a copy of the book in a "shit hole pub in wan chai girly bar [sic]".
A member of Vladimir Putin's United Russia party and a long-term associate of oligarch Roman Abramovich, he became the unlikely champion of a new type of city that would answer the needs of the middle class that had sprung up in recent years.
"What I've learned is that if I want my voice to be heard around the table," Mr. Rove said, "it can't simply be, 'Well, he's the long-term associate of Bush from Texas' — I've got to dig in".
Additionally the surgery aims to maintain urinary function over the medium and long-term associated with a satisfying quality of life (QoL).
If m = 1, individual j is a short-term associate of individual i, while if m = 5, individual j is a long-term associate of individual i, with obvious gradations in between.
