31.   Datek, a hot spot with rapid-fire investors, is considering opening old-fashioned branches and forging alliances with investment advisers.

32.   Critics charge that Fox has so far forged alliances with traditional union leaders and turned a blind eye to their corruption.

33.   Egypt appears to be trying to forge an alliance with Syria and Saudi Arabia to counter the Israel-Turkey-Jordan bloc.

34.   Eager to forge alliances with businessmen who could one day prove to be Rockefellers or Gettys, Goldman sought to develop close relations with Menatep.

35.   Earlier this month, he announced a sweeping reorganization plan for Telecom to cut costs, to rethink a costly foray into digital television and to forge international alliances.

36.   Even devout Sox fans were pressed to keep up the last two weeks, though, when bidders forged alliances, only to see them melt away.

37.   Forge alliances with the high-tech industry.

38.   France Telecom Chairman Michel Bon has repeatedly said that the company will struggle to forge international alliances with other publicly traded companies unless some of its stock is traded.

39.   He is also known as an independent Democrat who often forges alliances with Republicans.

40.   He reorganized the party and forged tactical alliances with the Communists to increase its appeal to French voters.