51.   The U.S. automaker has been trying hard to break into the vehicle manufacturing business in China, where Chrysler and GM already have strong alliances.

52.   Thomson also has an alliance with Sun Microsystems Inc. to develop systems to deliver digital video programming.

53.   United, Lufthansa, and SAS already have an alliance that allows them to coordinate marketing and ticket sales.

54.   We have strong alliances with the U.S. and Europe.

55.   France has strong alliances in the region, especially with former colonies such as Lebanon and Syria.

56.   For instance, MCI Communications Corp. has an alliance with British Telecom and Sprint Corp. is allied with France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom.

57.   France Telecom expects that Deutsche Telecom and U.S. company Sprint, with whom it has an alliance, will take part in the joint venture.

58.   GM already has an alliance with AOL in the United States.

59.   His father, King Hussein, had an alliance with Israel that has so far brought few economic dividends to his impoverished country.

60.   Infosys also has an alliance with Microsoft for developing and delivering a portfolio of business solutions on the Microsoft .Net platform.