The group maintained informal connections with the United States.

"The reality is that organizations are run off of informal connections and tools such as this facilitate gray markets in information and interpersonal exchange."

He seemed to have an informal connection to an obscure research center that was vaguely attached to the Infernal side of the terraforming project.

Most individual users have formal or informal connections to a network linked to the Internet.

Aid workers began whispering among themselves that Cuny might have a more than informal connection to the American intelligence community.

At the same time, the country maintained relatively close informal connections with the Western bloc, especially in the realm of intelligence exchange.

None of them, however, were what could be called "ethical enterprises," and Jessyk in particular had close if informal connections with Manpower.

Even after the break in relations, informal connections continued between the two countries.

An individual could have formal links with one but still keep informal connections with the other.

Through informal personal connections, the score came to the attention of conductor Kerry Woodward.