11.   The Pequots were on the verge of striking it rich in the casino business, and the headmaster was hoping to build a connection.

12.   The pacts will allow Cisco to become a player in helping to build the connections for the cable networks that can access the Internet, a potentially huge business.

13.   There is, however, a good case to be made for federal subsidies for poor districts that could not afford to build the connections.

14.   Yet that nation is in need of institutions that build connections between people of different races, ethnic groups, and living circumstances.

15.   You have to build connections.

16.   Building connections between the companies and U.S. businesses.

17.   Regarding Africa, the group urged the United States to build new connections with the continent by increasing humanitarian aid, easing debt burdens and forging trade agreements.

18.   To combat the vicious cycle, those new to the work force need to get an education, develop valuable job skills and build social connections, he said.