21.   All sides appear to be at an impasse.

22.   Both sides appear willing to say anything and do anything to get elected.

23.   Both sides appeared to soften their positions.

24.   Browne said the two sides will appear before the finance and stadium committees rather than the entire ownership because Behring has yet to file a relocation application.

25.   But both sides appeared closer to compromise than their rhetoric indicated.

26.   But in recent weeks, both sides appear to have returned to war.

27.   But the two sides appear far apart on every issue, ranging from the status of Jerusalem to whose turn it is to show flexibility.

28.   By the early afternoon, the two sides appeared to have compromised, at least temporarily.

29.   By then, the two sides appeared closer than ever to hammering out a compromise.

30.   Despite three years of talks with the United States acting as the mediator, the two sides still appear far apart.