Pacts and renewals (or modernizations) of earlier alliances reinforced the confederacy.

Del had partnered with Milo years ago-an early alliance cemented by mutual respect and shared alienation.

The company's early alliance with the inventor of the Slingbox is an example of this strategy.

Wyatt's interest in the song was that he wanted to remind the West of the selective memory they had during the Cold War about this earlier alliance.

From Roger's point-of-view, the marriage was meant to secure an earlier alliance with an important lord of the Welsh Marshes.

By now most of the earlier alliances were gone.

This early alliance with McHale was however to be short-lived and the two men were to frequently clash swords over the forthcoming decades.

This process usually defeats many early alliances and strategies, and can cost a player the game early, or save them from being voted off early.

The companies said the merger and their earlier alliance will save them some $485 million.

Besides the thousands (or the estimated over 1 million) of local descendants with Scots ancestry, both ports still show signs of these early alliances.