I'd want someone close to me to write it for me.

I want decision makers close to the action," he said.

The number of applicants is small, superintendents say, because parents seem to want their children close to home, in schools they already know.

Especially he did not want the man close to him here, surrounded by people balanced on the brink of violence.

But when the bride's family told him they wanted $3,800, close to his brother's entire annual salary, he nearly collapsed.

"I don't want either of you close to that body," he said.

I want them so close to that girl they can hear her breathing.

"He didn't want anyone close to him to feel the pain of losing someone."

And she didn't want nobody close to her daddy.