41.   The players will contend that the owners did not bargain in good faith and therefore did not legitimately reach impasse.

42.   The previous three-year contract expired in June, and talks that started last March had reached an impasse.

43.   The short-term extension was decided on when members of the Security Council reached an impasse on whether to change the terms of the program to benefit Iraq.

44.   The two countries reached an impasse last year when the Japanese government refused to approve new route applications by Northwest and FedEx.

45.   The vote came a day after the House Agriculture Committee reached an impasse over a budget-cutting farm bill.

46.   Thereupon Shange notified his supporters that he and his landlord had reached an impasse.

47.   They would not discuss what would happen if negotiations again reached an impasse, as they did last week.

48.   Under a new Senate bill, if the owners try to impose a settlement after an impasse is reached, they would face antitrust laws.

49.   When the task force reaches an impasse, its members often ask Gene Sperling, economic adviser to President Clinton, to jawbone the two sides.

50.   While they agreed on certain items, they reached an impasse on others.