Traditional Native American ties to the land through religious beliefs and practices are well known.

But it had virtually nothing on known American ties to those abuses.

Close American ties to the region are not new.

Now, though, recognizing that the country's security and economy depend in large measure on the American ties, he is asking protesters to use "self restraint."

The government refused to accept its notes given its American ties, and it went bankrupt in 1822.

China has ample economic incentive not to rupture American ties.

In this case, the most likely motivation was to strengthen American commercial ties with China and Taiwan.

Other new moves are intended to strengthen American ties.

His American ties are a sensitive subject for Moscow.

The event is designed to reinforce Japanese American cultural ties and to ensure that such injustices will never occur again.