31.   Roberts said he and members of the City Council have tried to maintain friendly relations with the Rock Man.

32.   Some point to his friendly relations with some of the most hard-line members of the Communist opposition.

33.   That means seeking friendly relations but being prepared to anger Beijing and interrupt trade if U.S. interests are threatened.

34.   The brotherhoods have had friendly relations with the state and, as essentially moderate groups, have helped provide it with an unusual degree of political stability.

35.   The official said King Hassan had sent a letter criticizing the land seizure to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel, with whom he has friendly relations.

36.   The sharp exchanges were unusual for the mayor and the governor, both centrist Republicans who have had mostly friendly relations.

37.   The Vatican had nevertheless increasingly friendly relations with both the Kremlin and the Orthodox Church, and President Vladimir Putin had invited John Paul to visit Moscow.

38.   Then Garcia found time to meet with former President Jimmy Carter, an election observer, as a sign that he wanted friendly relations with the United States.

39.   They desperately want the economic benefits of closer integration with the West, and see friendly relations with Washington as the key.