91.   The deal has raised eyebrows in Hong Kong due to the strong mainland-Chinese ties of the businessmen involved.

92.   The meeting was an attempt to build on ties of friendship built up over many years between India and the Soviet Union.

93.   The news was sure to be a huge disappointment for Krakow, the city which has the closest ties of any to John Paul.

94.   The other pilot lost his passport, the jacket and tie of his uniform and a camera.

95.   The province, which retains ties of language and culture to Taiwan, is the mainland base for billions of dollars in Taiwanese investment.

96.   The ties of culture and commerce will grow stronger.

97.   The two victories guaranteed Belgium of taking its first tie of the round-robin tournament.

98.   The yakuza are divided into hundreds of gangs, with the members of each bound by fierce ties of loyalty to each other and to the gang boss.

99.   These are the ties of friendship and hard experience.

100.   There were only scant references to the unhappy U.S.-Vietnamese ties of a generation ago.