31.   All this seems superfluous if you are going to replace the ties in a year.

32.   Brazil and Bolivia have been increasing political and economic ties in recent years.

33.   Boston broke the scoreless tie in the fourth when John Valentin led off with his first home run of the season.

34.   Bronfman has no shortage of ties in the entertainment industry.

35.   But a tie in the Electoral College remains theoretically possible.

36.   But he maintains strong ties in Tajikistan, where he counts among his friends Emergencies Minister and former Islamic commander Mirzo Zioyev.

37.   But I had a tie in mind.

38.   But it was a far subtler, equally dramatic play that the Astros used to break up a scoreless tie in the seventh inning.

39.   But the chairmen will not be able to break a tie in committee, as some Republicans wanted.

40.   But they have taken a different philosophy than other teams, which have become conservative after new rules gave clubs one point for a tie in regulation.