11.   Beijing now needs to cut similar deals with the European Union, Canada and other nations.

12.   Both cut deals with the government in exchange for their testimony.

13.   A union trying to organize Delta flight attendants said the airline cut the deal with pilots after other workers signed up for less lucrative offers.

14.   Aarons acknowledged that he and Symington personally lobbied lawmakers for support, but denied that they cut any deals.

15.   After all, Chicago was practically built in the back rooms, by shady politicians cutting deals, by men who got things done in a unique fashion.

16.   After the deal was cut, mother and son hugged in a courthouse hallway in Elizabeth, N.J.

17.   Aliev hopes to cut similar deals this summer, with both Russia and Kazakhstan.

18.   Aliyev has already cut favorable deals with American oil companies at the expense of Russian ones.

19.   All week newspapers have been filled with the comings and goings of political emissaries trying to cut deals.

20.   Brokerage firms often cut exclusive deals with others on Wall Street to hand over their customer orders in return for payments.