1.   He has firm alliances with cable movers and shakers like John Malone.

2.   I wish I thought that his colleagues were beginning to share that idea - perhaps we have an alliance here.

3.   American Jewish officials are reluctant to say they have an alliance with Christian conservatives, who have directly opposed the mostly Democratic Jewish lobby on many issues.

4.   And he noted that the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Getty have important alliances.

5.   And more significantly, he has forged alliances among Democrats whose feuds once seemed irreparable, creating a far more harmonious party organization.

6.   BellSouth, for example, has an alliance with Disney to provide digital television in some markets, and another deal with MyWay.com for some localized Internet content.

7.   Both SAA and SAS have alliances with Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the German airline.

8.   Alitalia already has alliances on many routes.

9.   British Airways is a member of the Oneworld alliance with American, and KLM has an alliance with Northwest.

10.   British Telecom has an alliance in Germany with Viag AG, a competitor to Veba.