21.   Maxxam has scoffed at the idea of any debt-for-nature swap as a possible settlement.

22.   News of a possible settlement boosted tobacco shares.

23.   On Friday, Andersen and the Justice Department continued to hold talks over a possible settlement.

24.   On Wednesday, the Corps began discussing a possible settlement of the case with Joshua A. Bowers, a lawyer for the black workers.

25.   Other elements of a possible legal settlement, affecting advertising, could also dampen sales.

26.   Philip Morris declined to comment on a possible settlement.

27.   Prescott said Columbia has been holding ongoing talks about a possible settlement with the federal government.

28.   Reed Walker, an NASD spokesman, declined Friday to comment on either the possible Justice Department settlement or the SEC report.

29.   Robert Durst denied hitting his wife, asserting that she invented the assaults to increase a possible settlement.

30.   Since last summer, they have refused to talk with the government about possible settlements until they saw hard evidence about what Justice Department antitrust investigators have actually found.