In 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced he would establish diplomatic relations with China from January 1, 1979, and break off relations with Taiwan.
There were calls from right-wing senators for Washington to break off ties with its biggest strategic partner in the Arab world.
The pressure the Israeli government exerted on the Bush administration compelled it to break off ties with the PLO in June 1990 after the PLO committed a terror attack in Israel.
On the other hand, Mr Gates worries about China's tendency to break off its ties with the American military whenever America does something it dislikes.
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The dream scenario is that with the Bush presidency out of the way and Obama flashing a smile, Syria's President Bashar Assad will break off his romance with Tehran and partner with Washington in bringing peace to the region.
The season looked to have finally caught up with Del Potro in game five of the second but he did well to fend off two break points with big serves to stay in touch.
What could possibly necessitate me to break off to make contact with the office?
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Instead (Marzouki) intended to break off the relationship and abscond with the diamond engagement ring.
Members of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights protested in the streets last week to highlight her disappearance, and the MDC threatened to break off power-sharing talks with the government if she and other abducted MDC supporters were not released.
Flanker Waldrom then charged through and over to finish off Flood's break with the outside-half kicking his fifth conversion of the game.
Spurs took off Berbatov at the break with one eye on the Carling Cup final on Sunday but they were stunned early on in the second half.
The Penguins took advantage of a poor Islanders' line change and galloped away on a two-on-one break, with Evgeni Malkin polishing off the rush by whipping a wrist shot past Nabokov at 7:17 of the second period.
Liverpool almost put the game out of sight six minutes after the break when - with Matthew Upson off the field receiving treatment - Kuyt found Yossi Benayoun at the far post, but the former West Ham midfield man could not keep his volley down.
This past week, Clinton came off a two-month break with a soft roll-out of sorts.
And to further compound Wakefield's misery Sheriffe then finished off Rob Purdham's break with the Quins displaying fine handling in contact.
The result is a smooth drag with no hitches that could break off a fleeing fish.
Four minutes after the break Denis Leamy received lengthy treatment before being stretchered off with a leg injury and Sean O'Brien ran onto the field for his first cap.
In the 29th minute, a determined break from Noble ended with a shot that cannoned off a couple of Barnsley players before falling fortuitously for Spector, who calmly put the east London side in front from seven yards.
But Ulster regrouped in the best possible fashion with yet another line-break finally finished off by Steinmetz's try.
Some players concentrate with such intensity they are unable to break off playing even at the call of nature.
Kenyatta needed to break the 50 percent barrier to avoid a run-off with Odinga, but he did so by only 4, 099 votes out of more than 12.3 million cast.
Patrick Ah Van converted all three of the first-half scores for an 18-6 lead and the Bulls picked up where they left off after the break as Diskin crossed from dummy half with 90 seconds gone and Ah Van again added the extras.
Just before the break, Ward's tame shot was cleared off the line with goalkeeper James Taylor beaten.
As the shock wore off, their leaders called for an immediate break in relations with Britain and Spain.
Kallis reached three figures after the drinks break with an exhilarating six over wide mid-on off Dan Vettori.
Why send someone a generic postcard with a cheesy canned photo when you can break them off a 'card containing a set of your very own (but also cheesy) vacation photos?
Federer was in no mood to let Murray off the hook in game six after setting up two break points with a typically accurate volley and completed the break with an inside-out forehand to wrong-foot Murray and lead 4-2.
The Gunners were slow off the mark in leading only 10-3 at the break with Connacht fly-half Paul Warwick getting his side's only points from a penalty.
"I came in three days later to do my exam, then when I finished exams I had the summer off and carried on with my A-levels after the break, " she added.
Sale stand-off Luke McAlister reduced the deficit to four points just before the break with a three-pointer.
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