11.   People familiar with the talks in recent weeks emphasize that the tentative accord is an oral agreement at this point.

12.   That tentative accord is now being negotiated in Geneva under the auspices of an East-West governmental team known as the Transparency Review Committee.

13.   The agency postponed the ban after negotiators from the Departments of State and Transportation and the Japanese reached a tentative accord.

14.   The agency postponed the ban after negotiators from the Departments of State and Transportation reached a tentative accord with the Japanese.

15.   The agency then postponed the ban after negotiators from the Departments of State and Transportation reached a tentative accord with the Japanese.

16.   The company and the union reached a tentative accord on Monday that gave the union almost all the demands it sought.

17.   The former president said Biamby rushed into the room with the news just as the U.S. negotiating team had reached a tentative accord with Cedras.

18.   The newspaper said that the companies already have reached a tentative accord on merging their brake-making businesses.

19.   The Police Department said it would not comment on the rule or the tentative accord until the sergeants had voted on the contract.

20.   The move comes after negotiators from the U.S. and Japan officials said they reached a tentative accord to make Japanese ports more accessible to U.S. ship lines.