Like Ronald Reagan, a former President he once idolized, Mr. Pataki also emphasizes the personal in most public statements.

Anthony Christian, 17, said, however, that people were already turning the incident into a joke, with teen-agers laughing at the man they once idolized.

A distinguished novelist's in-depth evaluation of an illustrious writer whose deepest beliefs have cut him off from the liberals who once idolized him.

Students who once idolized Woodward and Bernstein now might be forced to write more conservatively in fear of being censored.

Pulchra, who once idolized her father, is so distraught by her parents' behavior that she makes her own half-hearted attempt at suicide, swimming out to sea to drown herself.

But while the neighborhood residents now see a shell of the athlete they once idolized, they also remember the pride he brought to them.

Now the older Dwight Gooden, the one Sheffield once idolized, is a wanted man.

For the Huskies who once idolized Walsh, the recent realizations make their feelings that much more complex.

Now Mr. Chino, who is 57 years old, takes a far different view of the country he once idolized.

He once idolized a famous boxer, Zaitsev, whom he later spars with while undercover on a mission.