11.   Race relations will remain separate kennels, except that in terms of power, one contains German shepherds and the other Chihuahuas.

12.   She praised Kovacevich and Biller, and said her relations with them remain strong.

13.   Tamaulipas Gov. Manuel Cavazos, a member of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, said cross-border relations remain strong despite changing leaders, economies and political climates.

14.   U.S.-China relations remain hampered by the thicket of political, economic and security issues that have long divided the two powers.

15.   Wealthy Mexicans are still far more likely to have houses in Houston or San Antonio than Dallas, and race relations here remain sore.

16.   A second administration official acknowledged Tuesday that military-to-military relations remain a work in progress.

17.   A U.S. Embassy spokesman in Jakarta said bilateral relations remain close despite the cancellation.

18.   Although elections in September passed peacefully, race relations remain strained by economic frustrations.

19.   Although political relations remain icy and Beijing has repeatedly threatened to invade, business ties are flourishing.

20.   Although political relations remain icy and China has repeatedly threatened to invade, business ties are flourishing.