51.   The alliances were announced at a time when concern in Washington about the power of the big airlines to dominate major airports was already on the rise.

52.   The companies intend to announce the alliance Monday at the Comdex technology conference in Chicago.

53.   The company, which announced the alliance in April, agreed to study the demand and respond this summer.

54.   The company also announced an alliance with Oracle Corp.

55.   The first alliance was announced in January when Northwest Airlines outbid Delta Air Lines for a controlling stake in Continental Airlines.

56.   The new alliance was announced Tuesday by Disney and Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., which controls Studio Ghibli.

57.   Three such alliances were announced last week.

58.   Today, Xerox and Ubid Inc. will formally announce their alliance.

59.   Two new airline alliances were announced Tuesday, between Delta Air Lines and Air France, and among American Airlines Swissair and Sabena World Airlines of Belgium.

60.   Western is involved with power plant development projects overseas and recently announced an alliance with ONEOK Inc., a natural gas company in Oklahoma.