By giving their child to another family, the birth family seeks to create enduring ties with the adoptive family.

He has forged enduring ties with the clan, coming from Staten Island and having always lived and worked there.

Since the BSA had early and enduring ties with the YMCA, a firmly Protestant organization, the Catholic church forbade their boys to join.

Initially he spoke of enduring ties with United States intelligence agencies and of close friendship with at least two current F.B.I. officials, including, he said, an important official in the Washington office.

Mr. Putin's two-day visit to this country, starting Thursday, is his fourth since becoming president and is seen as testament to the enduring ties between India and Russia.

The enduring ties of many new urban residents with rural areas led to a simulation of village structure in the cities.

And so the West works, not to disrupt, not to interfere, not to threaten any nation's security, but to help forge closer and enduring ties between Poland and the rest of Europe.

To no one, she said, had she ever become so attached in so few days as this little girl, and as time would show, the love she felt for the child was to be her one enduring tie to Jefferson.

His appointment offers a glimpse not only into the current issues facing Yasukuni but also into the enduring ties and influence of a feudal class that was officially abolished under the postwar American occupation.

Though Mr. Bush has placed a healthy new emphasis on Western Hemisphere issues during his initial days as president, American military and economic security still depend heavily on the nation's enduring ties to Europe.