1.   And, finally, the NCAA, despite numerous adverse rulings, never seriously engaged in settlement talks until the eve of trial.

2.   Arizona has boycotted the water-marketing talks until a repayment agreement is reached.

3.   As a result of the agreement, the two sides suspended their talks until after Boutros-Ghali returns.

4.   Bowl-o-rama with Bobby Bonilla, and hockey talks until you want to settle that month-old lockout with a stick.

5.   After reaching the tentative accord, the two sides suspended their talks until after Boutros-Ghali returns.

6.   But Gov. Fife Symington said Arizona would continue to boycott the interstate talks until the CAP financing controversy is settled.

7.   But if Arafat does renege, Peres may not need prodding to suspend talks until after the Israeli elections.

8.   But two people close to Kerkorian said Wednesday that he did not know about the current merger talks until January, when they were already well under way.

9.   Corning, once linked with SDL, was in talks until last week with Nortel Networks about a possible merger of their optical components businesses.

10.   Dickey purposely postponed talks until after the season.