31.   He also said they would try to figure out their own relationship to the negotiating teams given that both leaders understand that they will ultimately make the tough calls.

32.   He said that he would wait until he heard what the negotiating team had to say before casting his vote.

33.   He met with a three-man negotiating team for the ethnic Albanians in Pristina but spent the bulk of his time with Rugova.

34.   He said he would lead any Israeli negotiating team.

35.   He said that the negotiating teams would return to their respective capitals to get the draft approved, which is expected to take only a few days.

36.   Hunter said an earlier plan to have full negotiating teams present was scrapped.

37.   Hotchkiss emphasized that he has full confidence in Bettman and his negotiating team.

38.   Hunter, Commissioner David Stern and their internal negotiating teams emerged from a one-hour meeting in Manhattan and gave no indication of when negotiations would resume.

39.   If no consensus on liability emerges, the attorneys will decide how big a majority is needed for the negotiating team to adopt a position.

40.   If the budget talks continue, the posturing allows each negotiating team to justify its intractability.