11.   Each soldier spoke briefly at the welcome party Thursday, thanking Jesse Jackson and the group of clergy who negotiated their release.

12.   Early Thursday, police were still attempting to negotiate the release of the hostage, See Vongphrachanh.

13.   Gonzales asked the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who negotiated their release, to tell the creditors he promised to pay them when he got home.

14.   He has also dabbled in diplomacy, helping to negotiate the release of hostages in the Philippines.

15.   He immediately becomes an intermediary, and goes outside to talk to the police and our captors to negotiate the release of the women. . . .

16.   He said he is prepared to return to Belgrade, if necessary, to try to negotiate the release of the CARE workers.

17.   He once allowed protesters to barricade a Dow Chemical recruiter in a campus office for several hours while release was negotiated with faculty members.

18.   In one of his most celebrated missions, Richardson successfully negotiated the release of three Westerners including a U.S. pilot in the middle of the Sudanese desert.

19.   In Cuba, where Richardson negotiated the release of three political prisoners, the congressman and Castro indulged their mutual passion by taking in a baseball game.

20.   In recent conversations he overheard, the men were hopeful that Secretary of State Colin Powell might negotiate their release.