1.   There seemed no way to end the impasse over the Lockerbie affair.

2.   This was seen as a move to improve relations with Western countries and to end the impasse over the Lockerbie affair.

3.   But Clinton later embraced the compromise that Carter had negotiated, ending the impasse.

4.   Carter returned to the White House with details of North Korean concessions that led to U.S.-North Korean talks that ended the impasse.

5.   He said he would offer his own solution to end the impasse, a proposal made earlier by Democrats that the Congress has already rejected.

6.   House Republican leaders, however, were anything but happy to finally end the impasse.

7.   In the end, an intervention by Chilean President Ricardo Lagos ended the impasse.

8.   Instead, Clinton said he would offer his own solution to Congress to end the impasse.

9.   Nine days ago, after a partial government shutdown, the White House and Congress reached an agreement to end the impasse.

10.   On Tuesday morning, after U.S. pressure intensified to end the impasse before Bush and Sharon were to meet in Washington, an agreement appeared imminent.