1.   Baseball has vowed to revive such relationships because it makes economic sense and solidifies a claim to truly be the national pastime.

2.   But it looks as if he might have solidified his claim to the starting job.

3.   He roared from there to his second major title, solidifying a claim to his role as rival and contender.

4.   If it runs strongly in the southeast, though, it will solidify its claim that it speaks for many Kurds.

5.   In a deal with U.S. Cellular Corp. of Chicago, Atlanta-based BellSouth solidified its claim as the premier communications company in its nine-state service region.

6.   In Atlanta, the Olympics were seen mostly as a way to solidify the claim of being an international city.

7.   He said China could solidify its claim over Mischief Reef if the Philippines does not do something quickly.

8.   In recent years, China and Vietnam have tried to solidify their claims through oil exploration.

9.   Many Jews would like it moved to Jerusalem, solidifying their claim to the city as their capital.

10.   The resettlement of tens of thousands of Bosnian refugees in formerly Serb-held towns will solidify land claims by the Muslim-led government and its Croat allies.