51.   Discussions broke off Friday in negotiations between the locked-out referees and the National Basketball Association.

52.   Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Robert Frasure is to travel to Belgrade to resume efforts, broken off last week, to persuade Milosevic to recognize Bosnia.

53.   Earlier this year, the company and Phillips Petroleum Co. broke off talks about such a joint venture.

54.   Even after an Air Force lawyer told her the following week to break off the relationship, she did not.

55.   Even the stone mythical beasts meant to guard the entrance are missing, broken off their foundations by Red Guards who saw them as symbols of feudalism.

56.   Eventually, he said, he shut down when fans began breaking off pieces of neighboring booths and throwing them onto bonfires.

57.   Eyewitnesses said parts of the engine broke off the plane seconds before it crashed.

58.   Faced with government opposition, the two largest companies that measure the audience for Internet sites broke off their proposed merger.

59.   Fernandez and his fiancee broke off their engagement after four years of trying to find a place to live together.

60.   Finally, Tiant broke off interviews long enough to throw batting practice and tell his troops the day belonged to them, not him.