41.   Ms. Barshefsky is, at first glance, in an admirable negotiating position.

42.   Other analysts insisted that the guerrillas were attempting to put themselves in a stronger negotiating position for eventual talks and predicted that the next year will be especially bloody.

43.   Palestinians leaders are worried that the Syrian peace track could leave them in a much weaker negotiating position.

44.   Others accused Dole of undercutting the GOP negotiating position at a crucial moment to further his presidential ambitions.

45.   Rivera, of course, would have been in a stronger negotiating position after the first year.

46.   She does not want to appear too eager to strike a deal, always a dangerous negotiating position.

47.   Some literary agents contend that Random House has taken tough negotiating positions by refusing to allow contract revisions as the market grows.

48.   Still, both sides appeared firmly entrenched in their negotiating positions.

49.   That forced Bush into a weakened negotiating position in which he had to move closer to the Democratic position.

50.   The apprehension among Israelis was that Arafat would take the French support to heart and harden his negotiating positions.