21.   He seems to have few alliances among filmmakers and actors, as Daly and Semel have.

22.   He shows they worked together on some common themes but were too far apart on too many fundamental issues to have an alliance.

23.   IBM, with which Apple has several alliances, has frequently been mentioned as a potential partner.

24.   In addition to the BT-MCI merger, Sprint Corp. has an alliance with France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom, called Global One.

25.   It develops properties and hotels and has an alliance with the ITT Sheraton Group.

26.   It already has alliances with other Time Warner units including Home Box Office in Asia, Brazil and several countries in Latin American and the Caribbean.

27.   It also needs allies with deep pockets to help fund expansion in Latin America, where it already has an alliance with Telecomunicacoes Brasilieiras SA of Brazil.

28.   It has an alliance with Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate GmbH, but that is not major revenue producer, said Roswell.

29.   It has an alliance with KLM Royal Dutch Air Lines, which also flies trans-Atlantic flights.

30.   It has forged alliances with real estate firms in Europe and Asia.