31.   Instead, both sides quietly returned to the bargaining table at noon, Wednesday, maintaining a mutual news blackout while struggling toward a settlement.

32.   Ken Garcia, a columnist for The Chronicle, wrote a blistering article accusing The Examiner of a news blackout of the wedding.

33.   Little has emerged from the summit meeting beyond brief official statements because of a news blackout.

34.   Neither side would comment on the talks under the news blackout imposed by Mrvichin.

35.   News blackouts were easy to manage, because the press was kept miles away.

36.   News blackouts are appropriately reserved for matters of national security -- war strategies, the location of the Unabomber, recordings of derivatives salesmen fleecing clients.

37.   Nevertheless, there are some similarities such as the news blackout.

38.   No official word of progress is being released as both sides adhere to a news blackout.

39.   No details have been released at the negotiations here, which have been secluded behind a news blackout and a tight security cordon.

40.   Officials would not comment on the specifics of those visits, in keeping with an official news blackout.