21.   Just as Israeli anger over Palestinian riots and attacks has slowed efforts to talk peace, the Palestinian bitterness is increasing on the streets and in opinion polls.

22.   Leaders usually begin to talk peace only when violence is at a stalemate.

23.   Now the Kremlin had to decide whether to escalate into an overt military attack or to talk peace with Dudayev.

24.   One of the main aggravations is that even as the delegates talk peace, the war rages.

25.   Supporters say Barak feels that Arafat deceived him by talking peace then inciting riots.

26.   Syria, under the despotic Hafez al-Assad, would never even have talked peace with Israel without Washington serving as a broker.

27.   The Bush administration may now use the prospect of a meeting with Cheney to encourage Arafat to talk peace at the Arab summit meeting.

28.   The rebels have begun talking peace, U.N. officials and Western diplomats say, partly because of the increasing pressure on Taylor.

29.   Their leaders recently came to Dublin to talk peace with the Irish government.

30.   While the Israeli government is talking peace with the Palestinians, the Israeli army is busy preparing for violent conflict.