1.   As the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Moscow, Blacklin is responsible for fostering ties between U.S. corporations and Russian businesses.

2.   All are groups interested in fostering strong ties with Israel.

3.   Clinton administration officials say fostering economic ties is the best way to get China to improve things like human rights.

4.   Chalk was a founder of the American-Korean Foundation to foster closer ties between the United States and South Korea.

5.   Long before the current crisis, the one-time enemies China and Russia had realized that it was in their strategic interest to foster better ties.

6.   The group sponsors programs that seek to foster closer ties between the academic world and the advertising, marketing and media industries.

7.   The military menace has diminished as China has fostered good ties with those governments.

8.   The timing suggested that China may be trying to use the release to foster better ties with the United States, political analysts said.

9.   The timing suggested that China may be trying to use the release to foster better ties with the United States.

10.   Over the next four years, Japan plans to scrap regulations that have fostered cozy ties between banks, brokers and insurance companies.