1.   Alliances make sense from a technological standpoint.

2.   But alliances among factions make them confusing.

3.   But while minority journalists undoubtedly have much in common, their alliance also has made clear their many differences.

4.   Corporate analysts say such an alliance would make sense.

5.   For each celebrity who contributed a recipe to the cookbook, the alliance made a donation in his or her name to Share Our Strength.

6.   In its early days, the Ford-Firestone alliance made perfect sense, because tire manufacturing was controlled by an American oligopoly.

7.   Sharon might then cobble together a narrow right-wing coalition, but such an alliance would make it extremely difficult to actually govern.

8.   The alliance will make Icon a so-called preferred provider of interactive services to Interpublic agencies.

9.   The alliance makes its selections Sunday in a televised draft intended to emulate the NCAA Tournament basketball selection show in March.

10.   The alliances have also made it cost effective for airlines to fly new routes, or to expand service on existing routes.