11.   A Foreign Ministry spokesman in Beijing warned Pretoria that future relations would suffer if South Africa did not cut ties with Taiwan.

12.   A recent referendum among the workers at the Janina mine favored cutting ties with the holding company and making the mine an autonomous business.

13.   Acknowledging that social change begins with self-transformation, Ricks and King said Wallace has helped them cut their ties to street life and concentrate on self-improvement.

14.   After inheriting Ted Nolan from the prior management regime, and giving him strong consideration for the position, Regier abruptly cut ties with the popular coach.

15.   But critics said the change was designed to cut ties with the city of Bridgeport, which was suffering from high crime and deep financial woes.

16.   But so far no one is openly seeking to cut ties with the central government.

17.   But tensions remained high, as the Communist-dominated parliament Saturday advised Yeltsin to formally cut ties with NATO.

18.   But the Bush administration is under pressure itself, from Arab and European states, not to cut ties completely to Arafat.

19.   But, as Paskaljevic demonstrates in his new film, it is not always easy to cut emotional ties to the old country.

20.   China has long insisted that the Vatican must cut ties to Taiwan as a precondition for talks.