11.   The meeting was cancelled.

12.   American officials have apparently decided to view that condition as an effort by Sharon, who could have simply canceled the meeting entirely, to cooperate with President Bush.

13.   American officials said he was on his way to meet with Arafat when he was told the location may not be safe and cancelled the meeting.

14.   Another, not incidental, effect of canceling the meeting was to call further attention to Palestinian celebration after the attacks.

15.   Arafat canceled a meeting Thursday of the Israeli-Palestinian steering committee which oversees implementation of the self-rule accord with Israel.

16.   Arafat, in fact, canceled a meeting with Clinton scheduled for this Friday because he thought the Israelis and Syrians would still be in the area.

17.   At times, there were threats to cancel the meeting with Arafat.

18.   Because of the snowstorm, Democrats and Republicans canceled a meeting at the White House Sunday to discuss the budget.

19.   Bill Rothchild, director of the Palm Beach Regional Anti-Defamation League, said his office has received calls from Jewish groups wondering if they should cancel meetings.

20.   A State Department official said the administration has yet to make any substantial headway in its planning and it was possible the meeting might be canceled.