Some create strong ties, while others produce weak ties. Think of the difference between friendships and acquaintances.

They're important because they have access to resources that your strong ties don't have.

It would likely create lasting ties between people and economies.

Weak ties, such as one finds on the Internet, are more effective than strong ties for providing the necessary information to link diverse groups together in a cooperative manner.

Rudd, by contrast, raised the idea of an Asia Pacific Community with strong ties to the US.

But the core of Japan s defense strategy remains strong ties with the US, not military self sufficiency.

In the United States, du Pont developed strong ties with industry and government, in particular with Thomas Jefferson.

Brazil and the Arab world are renewing their ties of friendship, inspired by strong historical and cultural affinities.

Bilateral agreements form the basis of enhanced ties of friendship between countries.

To make your farming dreams come true, you're going to have to press beyond your strong ties, people like your family and closest friends, and try tapping into your weaker ties.

Social, tribal, and economic ties between the provinces of Deir al Zour in Syria and Anbar in Iraq are strong and have strengthened further as control by the Syrian and Iraqi governments has loosened.

Likewise, trade between India and Pakistan could contribute to the normalization of ties between these long estranged neighbors.

Closer ties between Russia and the European Union make sense for similar reasons.

The response from both has been muted (as it has from Thailand, which also has strong economic ties with Myanmar).

Moreover, the Cauca region throughout its long history had very strong economic and cultural ties with the people of Ecuador.

Likewise, there will be problems establishing ties between Serbia and Kosovo under any circumstances.

On the contrary, shared hardship usually strengthens the ties between citizens and their rulers.

Singapore still maintains strong security ties with Israel and is one of the biggest buyers of Israeli arms and weapons systems.

Officers in the Ottoman Egyptian army were appointed locally from the various militias, and had strong ties to the Egyptian aristocracy.

After all, there's a strong correlation between water and fishing, and for some, there's a strong correlation between fishing and beer.

Ties between families are strong and of vital importance to ni Vanuatu who rely on each other for social and cultural survival and it has traditionally been the role of the extended family to provide security and livelihood for its members.

The new law damaged ties between residents of Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank, especially, as described above, between family members.

That would contribute substantially to a better understanding of the ties that exist between gender and security.

The Chinese demanded a complete severing of all official ties between Taiwan and the US, including arms sales.

American relations with Japan and China remain strong, and he has greatly enhanced the United States ties with India, the world s second most populous country.

Networks based on strong ties produce the power of loyalty, but may become cliques that re circulate conventional wisdom. They may succumb to group think.

It is in fact a grouping of mini states and emirates connected by strong historical, economic and social ties, but each one is completely independent.

Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens

While Syria s Lebanese allies have called for improved ties between the two countries, the Hariri murder makes this doubtful.

A plastic or rubber pad is usually placed between the rail and the tieplate where concrete sleepers (ties) are used.

The Government supports cultural, spiritual and linguistic ties between citizens from other national origins and the countries of their forebears.

Over the last few years, economic and commercial ties have grown between India and Africa and trade has risen sharply.

Discussions between the Opposition and the Government is still going strong.

The strong connection between the users can work to amplify emotions.

It needs not just closer economic ties, but also closer political ties.

The three pillars upon which Western influence in the Middle East was built a strong military presence, commercial ties, and a string of dollar dependent states are crumbling.

Revolutions often seesaw between extremes before the forces strong enough to overthrow governments become strong enough and legitimate enough to govern.

Mutual accusations reached a level unworthy of the common history and the close personal, cultural and economic ties between both countries.

The link between trade openness and economic prosperity is strong and suggestive.

As leaders increasingly need to understand the relationship of networks to power, they will have to adapt strategies and create teams that benefit from both strong and weak ties.

Giving preferential treatment to citizens of neighbouring countries or countries with which there were strong ties was a well known phenomenon in Europe and the rest of the world.

Kazakhstan s historical ties to Russia and its geographical proximity to China have caused a keen competition between those two countries for influence.

Current conventional wisdom places the blame squarely on the close ties that developed between policymakers and the financial industry in recent decades.

But it offers the potential for a relationship of the sort that arises only between countries with deep and many layered ties.