81.   If ale is the liquid lingua franca that unites different cultures, then this Boston-brewed ale is a direct link between different continents.

82.   Ideally, a legitimate online-therapy site would have a direct link to the NBCC or a similarly accredited group that could provide consumer protection.

83.   If the merger wins the approval of regulators and shareholders, Microsoft would have its most direct link yet into households across the United States.

84.   If there is no direct link between chemicals and a disease, the tendency is to look for other exposures.

85.   In a statement released Wednesday, the group charged that the violent and degrading media images that constantly bombard children have a direct link to youth crime.

86.   In fact, there is a direct link between his attacks on lobbyists and his attacks on the religious right.

87.   In choosing more than one race, were people reflecting a direct link to multiracial parents, or a distant lineage to a racial or ethnic group?

88.   In the film, the bass-baritone Simon Estes and Hendricks draw direct links between their musicianship and their faith.

89.   In their report, made available to The New York Times, Kroll Associates found no evidence of a direct link between Idris and bin Laden.

90.   Investigators established that cartel cash helped finance that campaign, although no direct links between Samper and drug kingpins was ever proved.