61.   The move was widely seen as a blow to Digital, which has been trumpeting its close relations with Microsoft.

62.   To build its fiber-optic networks, Worldwide Fiber has tapped the private capital markets and developed close relations with Wall Street investment bankers.

63.   Time and again, the former mayor ignored invitations to meetings with fellow ambassadors with whom he could have formed close working relations, according to this official.

64.   Under present circumstances, Washington has little choice but to maintain close relations with the Saudi monarchy.

65.   Yemen had close relations with Iraq before the Persian Gulf war and opposed the allied military campaign to evict Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

66.   Yet all of them keep up close relations with the heads of their governments.

67.   Zelezny maintains close relations with Czech political circles.

68.   Pakistan and the U.A.E. have close relations and Sheik is a frequent visitor to Pakistan, where he keeps a home and often goes on hunting trips.

69.   Pigs are being targeted because, although not a close genetic relation to humans, their kidneys and hearts are similar in size and structure.

70.   A key component of the new policy is close relations with South Africa, which France considers a continental economic and political power.