21.   They talk past me.

22.   After talking past midnight, Clinton and the principals caught a few hours of sleep Tuesday before resuming the effort.

23.   Both sides had hoped for a quick resolution after the unions agreed to keep talking past a midnight strike deadline.

24.   Instead, they have talked past one another.

25.   Let the days when we talk past each other be gone for good.

26.   Myles Calvey, negotiator for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, said he did not know whether the updated proposal would prompt the unions to talk past midnight.

27.   Nieminen was talking about past world championships and former NHL stars Thursday when a reporter asked when the player had time to learn all of it.

28.   Talking past one another is thus called for.

29.   The groups talked past midnight, then resumed later on Tuesday morning.

30.   The groups talked past midnight, then resumed meeting later Tuesday morning.