Well, the supposed tight links between Saddam Hussein and the Al Qaeda terrorist network have evaporated as well.
This whole system, with its tight links between Christian Democracy and business, is the one that is now being painfully dismantled".
Primakov, who died earlier this year, played an important role in securing tight links between the Russian and Syrian intelligence services.
Then, Leon E. Panetta, the C.I.A. director, followed with an unannounced visit in July — underscoring the tight link between the military and intelligence efforts.
Mr. Dutt's high-profile case is just the latest example of the tight links between Bollywood, India's film industry, and Mumbai's notorious underworld.
However, it has since recognised the potential of notional accounts, which establish a tight link between payroll contributions and eventual pension benefits.
The companies, both based in Santa Clara, Calif., plan to create tight links between Intel's chips and McAfee's security technology.
Mr. Ellison vowed to unveil a host of new products at Oracle's event next week, including systems that create tight links between hardware and software.
The downward spiral in the stock market is also likely to have concerned Mr. Greenspan, who in recent years has made much of the tight links between what happens in the financial markets and the health of the economy in general.
But he said virtual-machine software breaks the tight link between the operating system and the hardware, raising the possibility that customers could be using Windows more but not paying for it.
