81.   Last I looked, the Republicans still controlled the House and Dick Cheney will be around to break any ties in the split Senate.

82.   MacKenzie cited Hutchison, a canny and articulate senator from Texas who has forged broad ties in Congress.

83.   Manson said she had disclosed the ties in a letter to the journal.

84.   Most world soccer powerhouses would have known how to sit on a tie in a noisy, hostile foreign setting.

85.   Never before had there been a tie in voting for a major NHL award.

86.   Notre Dame got a tie only in the closing minutes with a field goal that wobbled between the posts.

87.   Others with particularly close ties in the Seattle area will be looking for jobs in the near future.

88.   Recently their relationship soured over disagreement on how to run the business and they broke off ties in February though Publicis continued with its shareholding.

89.   Rossello also met with Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., a prominent Cuban-American with influential ties in Florida.

90.   Russia has historic ties in the Balkans.