21.   The bill was the product of a day-long negotiations among legislators from both counties and the Assembly leadership.

22.   The bust was meticulously planned, right down to negotiations among prosecutors over who would be indicted federally and who at lower levels.

23.   The bill died in the Senate, however, with Bush remaining out of the fray until the last few hours of failed negotiations among the lawmakers.

24.   The disagreement persists after three months of negotiations among the parties as well as government officials at the Interior Ministry.

25.   The environmental agency issued them after two years of negotiations among environmental groups, local governments, and other interested parties, and there is little controversy about them.

26.   The legislation was long in the making, delayed by lengthy negotiations among the telephone companies, the FBI, privacy groups and lawmakers.

27.   The latest coalition, agreed to Sunday, ended more than two months of negotiations among party leaders.

28.   The new proposal comes after months of negotiations among the Northeastern states, the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington and the automakers over what standards should prevail.

29.   The offer of U.S. assistance follows weeks of quiet negotiations among U.S., British and Turkish officials over the future of the peacekeeping mission in the Afghan capital.

30.   The next step could be air-to-air traffic negotiations among planes.