11.   Kostunica commands the overwhelming popular support of the Serbian people, while Djindjic is a hands-on politician with tactical skill and more longstanding ties to the West.

12.   Lippo is owned by the Riady family of Indonesia, who have longstanding political ties to President Clinton.

13.   Like Brown, Kantor has longstanding ties with Clinton, extensive business and political connections and a knack for making things happen.

14.   Montesinos had longstanding ties to the CIA.

15.   People with longstanding Yankee ties like Randolph should remember that the hostilities were won on merit.

16.   Several major law firms in the Enron bankruptcy case also had longstanding ties to Enron and could also be involved in potential conflicts of interest, some creditors say.

17.   Shell is a prime example of the kind of European company that has had longstanding ties to the region.

18.   Silajdzic has longstanding ties with the Romany community.

19.   South Africa has longstanding ties to Kaunda.

20.   Still, the companies involved in the proposed deal have longstanding ties to the new administration that could be decisive.