11.   When the limited partnership originally made the loan, the committee entered into a five-year contract to operate the franchise.

12.   While an IBM-Novell partnership would make sense, those close to the company are skeptical.

13.   While an IBM-Novell partnership would make sense, those close to the company and others are skeptical about an acquisition.

14.   He said he hoped the new partnership would make the shipyard an efficient enterprise of international standing.

15.   Such a partnership makes good strategic sense, industry analysts said.

16.   The partnership made a mockery of the carnage which had gone before on a lively but true pitch.