41.   It also strained relations between blacks and Jews for a long time thereafter.

42.   It has also strained relations between the European Union and the U.S., said a EU official.

43.   It could also strain relations with the United States, where government officials now loudly complain that Europe has to do more to stimulate world growth.

44.   It has strained relations with Beijing.

45.   It was an international hit, further straining his relations with Warner Brothers.

46.   Minkins may have escaped because he had strained relations with his master at the time, a certain John DeBree.

47.   Mexican officials could not be reached Monday night for comment, but Castro acknowledged that his disclosures could further strain relations between the two nations.

48.   Navarro recently returned from a two-day mission to Douglas to assess the tensions that are straining relations between the United States and Mexico.

49.   No wonder relations became strained.

50.   Perot and Bush had strained relations for years, but Dole and Perot, while hardly friends, have generally spoken well of each other in public.