21.   More and more military aircraft companies are forging partnerships to spread research, development and marketing costs.

22.   Netcom On-Line Communication Services of San Jose is planning to forge partnerships with software vendors, so the Internet service provider can host software rental services.

23.   Partnerships will be forged, the latest in communications technology will be on show and acronyms such as SDH, ATM, MPEG and GSM will crowd conversations.

24.   Rather than buy Asian companies outright, GM may forge partnerships.

25.   Publishers and businesses have been eager to forge partnerships with businesses, business schools and business periodicals to generate more books and sales.

26.   Rep. Curt Weldon works to forge a partnership with the former Soviet Union.

27.   So forging a partnership with a corporation can be a matter of survival, said Janet Rice Elman, executive director of the Association of Youth Museums.

28.   Speculation in early March that Amazon had forged a partnership with Wal-Mart sent Amazon stock soaring.

29.   The Internet Products Business Development group will focus on forging partnerships with other Internet companies to share technology, products and standards.

30.   The Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance has forged a partnership between the entertainment industry, cities and universities to encourage technical and creative advances in multimedia.