11.   Both strikes have been settled.

12.   Both sides are motivated to settle the strike before Christmas.

13.   A more pressing issue is what happens if Opening Day arrives, the strike is not settled, and the Orioles refuse to use replacement players.

14.   According to a Teamsters memo, Ickes said he had asked Kantor to urge Diamond Walnut officials to settle the strike.

15.   After vowing to do all he could to settle the strike, Clinton conceded that he could do nothing.

16.   After vowing to do all he could to settle the strike, Mr. Clinton conceded that he could do nothing.

17.   Again the players stun the owners with their unity and the strike is settled in two weeks.

18.   Both sides have been under pressure to settle the strikes.

19.   But auto industry executives and analysts overwhelmingly believe that GM must somehow settle its strike.

20.   But he repeated a familiar refrain of UAW officials that GM has too often made concessions to settle strikes only to back away from bargains later.