81.   The Catholic League receives no money from the church, but it maintains close ties to the leadership.

82.   The company has strong interests in maintaining close ties to regulators and legislators.

83.   The former manager of a missile factory, Kuchma was elected with the help of Russian voters in the Ukraine who thought he would maintain close ties to Moscow.

84.   The inspector general is also examining whether he had continued to maintain improper ties to his former colleagues at the Lippo Group.

85.   The planters who lived around Goose Creek and along the Low Country rivers maintained ties to Britain for generations.

86.   The reasons for maintaining good ties with China are pragmatic, while the reasons for getting tough are political.

87.   The State Department asked the Swedish government, which has maintained diplomatic ties to Yugoslavia, to relay the U.S. request that the soldiers be released.

88.   The Times maintains ties to Barnesandnoble.com through links from its Web site to the electronic bookstore.

89.   The U.S. reluctance has caused Haitian officials to question whether the U.S. military, which maintained close ties to the Haitian army for years, has something to hide.

90.   They also believe that the West needs to maintain strong ties with Russia.