Instead, Cascade Designs now uses the Internet to maintain a close link with its customers.
And Ms. Rice works hard to maintain a close working relations with the president.
We maintain a close working relationship with our award winners for a minimum of three years," she adds.
The butchers maintain a close relationship with all suppliers, and the shop is a real part of the local community.
Peter Hain Labour has always been an internationalist party, and it is absolutely essential that we maintain a close working relationship with our allies.
Caged indoors, the girls maintain a close physicality to defend against boredom, light pouring in as they rumble about on some fabulous Oriental carpets.
Although he has worked mainly for Republicans in the past, Morris orchestrated Clinton's come back after his Arkansas governorship defeat, so the two maintain a close relationship.
McFadden was once an undisciplined child who gave Henson nothing but grief, and his mother was battling a drug problem while trying to maintain a close bond with her son.
The statement concluded, "Any suggestion that the events of recent months represent a departure from those standards or compromise our ability to maintain a close working relationship with the school in support of its principles is without foundation".
From President Bashar al-Assad downwards, officials in Damascus insist that Lebanon's Shia movement has the right to confront Israel, just as Syria exercises its right to maintain a close relationship with Iran, Hezbollah's other sponsor and regional ally.
"In Berlin this is being judged as a show of appreciation for Germany and the desire to maintain a close relationship to Merkel despite the plans to leave the European Union," said a comment piece by the news organisation DPA.
