1.   Alliances include MCI Corp. with News Corp. and Time-Warner with U S West Inc.

2.   Among them are alliances including most of the largest long-distance, local-telephone and cable-TV companies in America.

3.   Barak, whose One Israel alliance includes the Orthodox Meimad faction, has not made it clear where he stands.

4.   Luckily for Barclays, the alliance did not include a share exchange, and a Barclays spokesman said current events would have no impact on the relationship.

5.   That alliance includes plants that generate electricity from the gas given off by certain Repsol refineries.

6.   The alliance also includes affiliations in seven additional countries in Europe and Asia.

7.   The alliance includes many Tajiks and Uzbeks.

8.   The alliance includes nontechnology companies like American Airlines, Bank of America and Fidelity Investments.

9.   The alliance includes the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Elks, the Moose, the Knights of Columbus and the Boy Scouts of America.

10.   The alliance includes two major teacher unions, the National PTA and the National School Boards Association.