1. Admission to NATO comes with a guarantee that if any member nation is threatened, the alliance will come to its aid. 2. If the government falls, a center-left alliance could come to power. 3. The alliance comes as a preemptive move to prevent regulation by the government to crack down on the dissemination of data about individual users by Internet companies. 4. The alliance comes as demand for memory-intensive personal computer programs, high-definition digital video, multimedia and telecommunications systems soars. 5. The alliance comes as demand for personal computers in Japan surges. 6. The announced and nearly announced alliances are coming at a time when there is a growing concern about escalating air fares and lessening competition among major carriers. 7. The alliance came in June as a preemptive move to prevent regulation by the government to crack down on the dissemination of data about individual users by Internet companies. 8. The alliance comes a week after Japan and the U.S. agreed to expand airline access between the two countries, settling a dispute over air cargo routes. 9. The alliance comes at a time when major drugmakers are expanding their non-prescription businesses to position themselves in growing markets in the U.S. and Europe. 10. The alliance came as a preemptive move against possible regulation by the government to crack down on the dissemination of data about individual users by Internet companies. |