31.   We may never know how Stern would have ruled if the two sides had not settled.

32.   A top ethnic Albanian negotiator and adviser to Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova indicated Tuesday his side might settle for less than full independence.

33.   A top ethnic Albanian negotiator in Kosovo suggested Tuesday for the first time that his side might settle for less than independence for the Serbian province.

34.   A top ethnic Albanian negotiator, however, indicated Tuesday his side could settle for less than long-proclaimed goal of independence.

35.   A top ethnic negotiator in the camp of moderate Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova indicated Tuesday his side could settle for less than independence.

36.   A top ethnic negotiator in the camp of moderate Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova indicated Tuesday his side could settle for less than long-proclaimed goal of independence.

37.   But both sides settled for a lackluster show of cautious passes and generally unimaginative offense.

38.   But he also proposed a compromise measure on Thursday that may allow the two sides to settle their dispute without a direct confrontation.

39.   Clinton hopes the sides can settle the strike on their own, White House aides said.

40.   Federal appeals court Judge Richard Posner said that he had tried to find a common ground that might enable the two sides to settle their differences.