51.   The Nets had until noon Tuesday to decide whether to accept the deal or restructure it.

52.   The Lakers told him that he had to either accept the deal to Charlotte or be prepared to be shipped elsewhere to an unknown team.

53.   The players would have accepted the deal we had on the table at the time, and the union knew it.

54.   The Serbs have not accepted the deal, but have said it could be used as the starting point for new peace talks.

55.   The White House had appeared to accept that deal on Saturday, until congressional Democrats balked and forced a new deal late Saturday night.

56.   Too much, the other airlines said, even though America West accepted the deal.

57.   To get them to accept the deal, they had to be paid more shares.

58.   Washington accepted the deal in the interest of keeping Switzerland on its side during the Cold War.

59.   Within hours of the Serbian parliament vote to accept the deal, there was political parrying inside and outside Capitol Hill.

60.   World opinion will mean that this deal must be accepted.