81.   Sun is hoping to gain broader acceptance of its Web-based computing initiative by forging alliances with Internet service providers and other Web-based companies.

82.   That willingness to take risks and tweak bureaucratic adversaries forged an alliance between Safir and Giuliani, several people who have worked with both men said.

83.   The acquisition comes amid expectations by some analysts that upscale hotel operators will forge alliances to boost revenue.

84.   That in turn led America to forge an alliance with Pakistan, although the United States stopped short of providing the kind of aid for which Pakistan had hoped.

85.   The alliance is being forged at a time when Pac Bell and other telecommunications companies are developing services for the information superhighway.

86.   The big question now is not who will bypass the dealers, but who will forge the closest alliance with them.

87.   The companies had announced plans to forge an alliance in December, but they offered few details at the time because terms of the deal were still under negotiation.

88.   The commission said it forced the banks to modify the alliance to remove a clause giving one bank the right to stop the other from forging new alliances.

89.   The faculty, naturally enough, forges elaborate alliances to guard its turf.

90.   The fledgling fund has been trying to forge strategic alliances with established corporations that have a history of acquiring venture-backed concerns.