71.   The aim would be to choose cities that are crucial to maintaining Afghanistan as a single political entity, the diplomats said.

72.   The government announced earlier that it would merge four state banks into a single entity by July.

73.   Three years ago, the Federal Communications Commission eased its rules to allow a single entity to own two television stations in a single market.

74.   Unfortunately, Chew pointed out, the global community tends to look at the region as a single entity rather than separate countries.

75.   Unlike the NBA or the Continental Basketball Association, the IBL will operate under a single entity structure.

76.   Fourteen European Union nations are acting as a single entity.

77.   He stressed the two groups of islands, while sharing the same language and customs, have never been a single political entity.

78.   At the end of last year Lagardere Groupe beat Alcatel in the first attempt at a sale of Thomson as a single entity.

79.   By operating as a single entity, it added, the need to duplicate management structures and other infrastructure will be avoided.

80.   The regional parliaments of Berlin and Brandenburg in eastern Germany voted Thursday to transform the two federal states into a single entity.