11.   Gleason has hired a noted Boston lawyer, William J. Dailey, to explore a possible settlement.

12.   He had come to this meeting, at a hotel outside Chicago, to brief public health advocates about a possible legal settlement with the cigarette manufacturers.

13.   Hapciu has doubts about a possible settlement, even with Serbian forces pulled back and a NATO-Russian peacekeeping force in place.

14.   He made no predictions about a possible settlement with the remaining defendants.

15.   He said the city still is open to discussing possible settlement of the case.

16.   However, Joyner summoned the lead lawyers for both sides to his chambers, and they spent more than six hours negotiating a possible settlement of the dispute.

17.   In recent months, some talks have begun between industry officials and lawyers representing those states aimed at reaching possible settlements.

18.   It also will finance reserves for possible settlements of lawsuits that accuse the company of selling defective steam generators.

19.   Judge Kaye has also changed the system so that lawyers must sit down to discuss possible settlements on the eve of jury selections.

20.   Justice officials said they discussed a possible settlement with the university for more than year before deciding to file the suit.