The first tied Saddam to Al Qaeda.

Indeed, when Russians are asked to list the most important people of the twentieth century, Stalin is still tied for first place with Lenin.

When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, This came out first.

For many years, their economic fate has been closely tied to that of the US.

But California s unemployment rate, 12.3 in November 2009, was tied for the nation s third highest.

The kidnappers tied Tom's hands behind his back.

As for the anarchists, their utopia of widespread self management tied to outdated historical references appeared entirely unsuitable.

In general, the poorer the country, the lower the ranking tied for last place are Chad and Bangladesh.

Product innovation is intimately tied to change, and often the need for change appears midstream in a project.

But the truth is that Israel s hands have been tied.

Greatest number of points in matches between tied teams 5.

10 Müller, Villa, Sneijder and Forlán tied with 5 goals.

To the extent that executive compensation is tied to the value of specified securities, such pay could be tied to a broader basket of securities, not only common shares.

I simply tied the end of a paintbrush onto a twig.

Russia s motivations are tied to the legacy of the Cold War.

In the final round, Iraq tied Syria 0 0 in Damascus.

Greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams 7.

Frequently it is tied to policy decisions to build sustainable cities.

Cash was a musician who was not tied to a single genre.

It is often worn on one's person or tied around a tree.

The operational costs for a centre are tied to the value of work that will be carried out by that centre.

It is more likely that they are tied to the People s Liberation Army.

They ordered us to take off our clothes and tied our hands up.

The main practices investigated were resale price maintenance, tied sales and exclusive contracts.

The responses themselves cannot be tied to any specific numerical value or meaning.

If the outcome of the first challenge rests solely on Uribe s shoulders, two others are tied to the FARC s reaction to these latest developments whether it chooses to negotiate or to continue its armed struggle.

When the race moved to Melbourne in 1996, yellow ribbons were tied around the trees in the park which were designated for removal.

Though Nature defended itself successfully, the suit cost it a lot of money and tied up many of its staff members for long periods.

In 2012, education firm Pearson ranked Australian education as thirteenth in the worldThe Education Index, published with the UN's Human Development Index in 2008, based on data from 2006, lists Australia as 0.993, amongst the highest in the world, tied for first with Denmark and Finland.

We Europeans are caught in an inescapable net, tied in a single garment of destiny.

In India, if you want to widen a two lane road, you could be tied up in court for a dozen years over compensation entitlements.

According to the United Nations, Rwanda has been tied to the conflict in Kivu for a long time, despite denials from President Paul Kagame s administration.

While the Fed s governing statutes, unlike those of the European Central Bank, explicitly include a mandate to support employment, the announcement marked the first time that the Fed tied its interest rate policy to a numerical employment target.

But now its concern is more closely tied to regional politics than to the Kurdish issue.

The culture of California is tied to the culture of the United States as a whole.

Soldiers forcibly entered the building, took the men and boys, then allegedly tied and beat them.

So closely tied was the role of wine and medicine, that the first printed book on wine was written in the 14th century by a physician, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, with lengthy essays on wine's suitability for treatment of a variety of medical ailments such dementia and sinus problems.

He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it.

This strategy which worked well for decades always carried the risk that at some point America s resources might be tied up elsewhere, leaving Europe under protected.

As a result, it makes little sense for Germany to compete to have more solid budgets than its neighbors all European countries have tied themselves together.

It tied the local currency to the British Pound, giving local authorities no discretion in monetary policy.

Emerging markets were initially tied to this distress only when foreign investors began pulling out their money.

Unfortunately this latter issue is tied to overall economic performance of the country and the regional situation.

Furthermore, this military capability is tied to a worldview, rather than just to the defense of economic interests.

Having tied themselves to Russia's existing power structures, liberals are now in no position to become convincing critics.