41.   If no consensus on liability emerges, as seems likely, the attorneys will decide how strong a majority is needed for the negotiating team to adopt a position.

42.   In the coming budget talks, the White House said its negotiating team would be headed by Panetta.

43.   In the talks that broke down Saturday, the UPS negotiating team was headed by company chairman James Kelly.

44.   Indeed, Holbrooke and his negotiating team have become momentum junkies.

45.   In theory, a bilateral cease-fire would help build confidence between the negotiating teams and provide a respite for the war-racked countryside.

46.   Instead, internal negotiating teams will meet at a midtown law firm Wednesday morning with the intention of trying to work out details of a proposed escrow system.

47.   Joshi Monday announced a negotiating team comprising the energy secretary, two independent energy experts and a former bureaucrat.

48.   Joshi announced a negotiating team Monday comprising the energy secretary, two independent energy experts and a former bureaucrat.

49.   Lott and I had matured as a negotiating team.

50.   Mark Perry, an adviser to the Palestinian negotiating team, said that both countries had informally agreed to the arrangement.