41.   Obviously, the two sides did not talk concrete numbers before Fishof and Lombardi met.

42.   Reich said Wednesday that the sides had not talked in three weeks.

43.   Since then, both sides have been talking back and forth.

44.   Slaughter and Mishkin said they hope the sides can talk and get their differences resolved today.

45.   Speculation had the Sonics wanting to include a weight clause in the contract languagem but neither side would talk specifics.

46.   Still, the two sides are talking and could still settle their differences, according to negotiators and analysts.

47.   Such locutions usually signal that the two sides are talking past each other and toward the United States, hoping that it will embrace their cause.

48.   That the two sides are still talking is encouraging.

49.   The Canadian ambassador, Anthony Vincent, read a short statement suggesting that the two sides were talking.

50.   The bloodshed comes as two U.S. envoys are trying to get the two sides to talk about peace.