1.   Despite the challenging words in their writings, the Bushes have maintained cordial ties with the Kennedys.

2.   Hence Washington maintains cordial ties with Turkish generals.

3.   That is especially the case, because the candidate who is leading in Taiwan opinion polls, James Soong, favors more cordial ties with China.

4.   The Saudis, moreover, have maintained extremely cordial ties with Beijing.

5.   Aziz was expected to use his relatively cordial ties with Paris as leverage in upcoming meetings with other members of the U.N. Security Council.

6.   Aziz was expected to use his relatively cordial ties with Paris as leverage in upcoming meetings with other U.N. Security Council members this weekend in New York.

7.   Ending a visit that highlighted increasingly cordial ties with China, Russian President Boris Yeltsin left here Saturday for Kazakstan.

8.   Jordan and Japan maintain cordial ties.

9.   On the other hand, Suharto established cordial ties between Indonesia and countries in the region.

10.   Qatar and Oman havekept cordial ties with Iran throughout much of the past decades.