Let this visit not so much renew old ties as cement new ones.

It was almost a decade before relations would thaw enough to renew ties.

"It was always a great chance to talk, to renew old ties and teach your children about the tide pools."

"Just renewing old ties with a stranger," I said.

It was hoped to open the border and renew diplomatic ties by the end of 1991.

There was for some the thought of renewing ties to an old, prosperous friend, the United States.

These actions reflected appropriate sensitivity by the new administration as it moves to renew ties with Japan at a difficult time.

Her fingers stroked and patted the deck slowly, renewing old ties.

It represents a time when they can come home and renew tribal ties.

The two sides found another mutual interest: renewing ties with the Indonesian military.