11.   Senior staff members at The Observer said Carter had told them that the talks were serious and involved a sale or a partnership arrangement.

12.   The Columbia project typifies the partnership arrangements that have been bolstering the international component of executive MBA programs.

13.   The referendum question states that if it passes and a new partnership arrangement cannot be negotiated within a year, Quebec will declare independence.

14.   Under the agreement, Apotex will pursue biotechnology customers and manufacture experimental drugs for Repligen, under a preferred partnership arrangement.

15.   A fired auditor has told congressional investigators that Enron and its accounting firm share the blame for the partnership arrangements that helped drive the energy giant into bankruptcy.

16.   In memos, Mintz insisted Skilling sign off on one partnership arrangement before it could proceed.

17.   Russia has a special partnership arrangement with NATO, but was wary of the alliance even before it began bombing Yugoslavia.

18.   The announcement comes after several days of discussions with more than a dozen former Soviet republics and Mongolia, which are members of a partnership arrangement with the EU.

19.   The government was likely to seek changes in the partnership arrangement, the newspaper said.

20.   DASA initialled a similar memorandum with the Chinese aero industry in December, and the latest agreement completes the partnership arrangements.