The court's determination relied largely on social issues (manmade connections and institutional ties) rather than geophysical conditions.

Outside experts, including many with deep institutional ties to NASA, are expressing polite concern that the engineers erred by not considering more possibilities.

It tracked down and analyzed the institutional ties of the authors, which patent citations ignore.

His repertory is as vast as his heavy-duty institutional ties would dictate.

It is undisputed that a number of grantees or subgrantees were organizations with institutional ties to religious denominations.

Dr. Campbell eventually built on this personal relationship to forge institutional ties to the Reagan administration in Washington, giving the institution an unusual practical influence.

The group was more like a religious revolution, unhampered by institutional ties, it combined social activities with religion, it had no organized board of officers.

He had many strong institutional ties in the United States.

We need this stability; we need economic, institutional and cultural ties with the Mediterranean. That is true.

The injured and the grieving will vary in emotional strength, family and financial resources, and institutional ties.