21.   Once you settle on what you want and where to buy it, Barnard suggests a way to sweeten the deal.

22.   Or, Chabert could have offered to pay cash for the tickets or sweetened the deal by adding cash to her barter goods.

23.   Some people are requesting cell phones, second-hand cars or even canisters of gasoline to sweeten the deal.

24.   Team officials met last week with Mesa and Phoenix officials and could sweeten either deal by offering financial help in exchange for commercial development opportunities.

25.   State and federal tax breaks sweetened the deal.

26.   State and local leaders tried three times to sweeten the deal offered to keep Hoechst Marion headquartered in Kansas City.

27.   Teszler hopes the deals will be sweetened again and again.

28.   The league sweetened the deal by guaranteeing a Super Bowl in Houston.

29.   The Lakers may sweeten the deal, but the Magic can come right back and match or better it.

30.   The three clubs tried to sweeten the deal for the Pistons, who originally were to receive seven marginal players, but Detroit was not moved.