But the rifle association and its allies maintain that the research on firearms is skewed and ultimately aimed at undermining Americans' right to bear arms.

Mr. DeLay and his allies maintain that the bills would steer money away from the political parties into single-issue groups.

That is no way to encourage Iraqi cooperation on arms control, or to encourage allies to maintain sanctions.

Syria and its Iranian ally do not maintain terrorists just against Israel but against the West.

The western allies maintained air superiority for much of the war and anti-aircraft was not as fully developed.

Now, the fund and its allies maintain, it is time for the new team to show that it can make tough decisions and make them stick.

The U.S. and its allies then maintained a policy of "containment" towards Iraq.

General Johnston said the allies were maintaining air operations at a level of about 2,000 takeoffs and landings a day, about half related to bombing missions.

Hamilton and his allies maintained some positions of leadership in the Senate, with others being filled by Republicans.

But he acknowledged that the two allies maintained an "overall relationship" in which "favors and benefits" were regularly exchanged.