41.   She told professors she wanted to develop business partnerships with Latin American countries to bring jobs to poor people both here and there.

42.   Taking foreign business leaders hostage is rare in China, despite the thousands of often fractious business partnerships between Chinese and foreign companies.

43.   Taking foreign businessmen hostage is virtually unheard of in China, despite the thousands of often fractious business partnerships between Chinese and foreign companies that now exist here.

44.   The Bush administration is hoping to create business partnerships with private companies to invest in wildlife refuges and preserves, sometimes with development in mind and sometimes for conservation.

45.   The company once enjoyed business partnerships with the likes of Wells Fargo and credit-card issuer Providian Financial.

46.   The Philatelic Bureau of Tuvalu announced last week that it would issue two stamps to commemorate its business partnership with a U.S. company, the .tv Corp.

47.   The plan also calls for transferring the management of some science programs to institutes on or near centers that would be operated by universities or business partnerships.

48.   The RFC was a government business partnership conceived under Herbert Hoover that pumped plenty of public money into American businesses, the railroads in particular, without much effect.

49.   Unlike most rock corporate ventures, the Grateful Dead has a very elaborate business partnership in which the musicians are heavily involved.

50.   Vanice formed a business partnership with several family members and began working to convince the folks at Mr. Dell Foods in Kearney, Mo., to co-pack the product.