He was an investigator in the Arrowsmith System project, which seeks to determine meaningful links between Medline articles to identify previously undiscovered public knowledge.

In a paper published in 2000, Fisher jointly with Statman found there to be no meaningful link between a stock's P/E or its dividend yield and its future return.

Mr. Lamentowicz, once head of the Communist Party's ideological school, left the party during the Solidarity period, when he championed the growth of meaningful links between workers and factories.

Others said he had tutored more than one child in the houses and attempted to establish meaningful links with the residents.

But while New York does have excess hospital beds, the evidence shows that there is no meaningful link between beds and cost.

Kor, which raised money for the workers' families, forged meaningful links between intellectuals and Polish workers.

It's tempting to say the difference this time lies in the perils of the post-9/11 world, but that argument assumes some meaningful link between domestic political protest and terrorism.

After the 9/11 attacks, she was vocal in insisting that, despite well-meaning assurances to the contrary, there really was a meaningful link between the Muslim faith and terrorism.

At a later stage more meaningful links may be found, or the factors may then be rejected from the scenarios.

Baylis believes this kept them "self-contained", and prevented them from establishing meaningful links with other characters.