21.   He is a leading presidential candidate who struck an alliance last week with a bloc of powerful regional governors.

22.   Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. has struck an alliance with Duet, an online music distribution company backed by Sony Corp. and French media conglomerate Vivendi Universal.

23.   Mitchell also denied reports that his party might strike an alliance with the opposition Grenada United Labor Party, founded by the late Prime Minister Sir Eric Gairy.

24.   Reynaldo Pared, the Liberation Party delegate on the Central Electoral Board, said Medina made the decision after failing to strike an alliance with Balaguer.

25.   Q Do you see any benefit in striking an alliance with a local consultancy to tap into local expertise?

26.   That apparently prompted Rao to strike the alliance with the AIADMK.

27.   The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange has struck an alliance with the U.S. Nasdaq Stock Market to develop a market for futures contracts in individual stocks.

28.   The two leftist parties had struck an alliance for this election but it backfired.

29.   Two weeks ago, Yahoo struck an alliance with Duet, a music-download service run by Universal and Sony.

30.   Yahoo has struck an alliance with Duet, an online music distribution company backed by Sony Corp. and French media conglomerate Vivendi Universal.