1.   At times, American and Philippine officials have linked Abu Sayyaf to al-Qaida, but privately officials say those links are tenuous.

2.   But recently, public officials have linked buying and reinvigorating the Cargill property as a way to balance the environmental damage created by enlarging the airport.

3.   Health officials have tentatively linked many such cases to eating fresh fruits like raspberries and strawberries.

4.   In addition, many law enforcement officials have linked a number of youth suicides in adult detention centers to the abuse youth offenders receive from adult inmates.

5.   In September, an undersecretary of commerce overseeing the bureau killed himself, and officials linked his death to the Cavallo case.

6.   Kurdish officials linked the violence to the German decision to forbid the rally.

7.   More recently, Jordanian and U.S. officials have linked terrorist plots to Islamic militants from the North African country of Algeria.

8.   Officials have not linked the North Carolina ring to similar operations in New York and Chicago that forced Mexican deaf mutes to sell inexpensive key chains.

9.   Officials linked more than half of the increase to a new definition of the disease by the Federal Government.

10.   San Francisco health officials linked the rise to a trend toward riskier behavior that has been noted in a number of cities over recent years.