51.   President Clinton and congressional leaders met to restart budget talks and to end a partial government shutdown in effect since Saturday.

52.   Q. What changes were made in the partial government shutdown?

53.   Release of the November durable goods report has been delayed by the partial government shutdown, a Commerce Department official said.

54.   Rep. Harold Volkmer, D-Mo., in a fiery speech denounced the Republicans for allowing the partial government shutdown to continue.

55.   Republican leaders have promised that there will not be a third partial government shutdown.

56.   Republicans have used the threat of a partial government closing as leverage to bring the White House and Democrats to the negotiating table.

57.   Some items are subject to change or delay because of the partial government shutdown.

58.   Stock prices were whipsawed Friday, with stocks recovering in the afternoon after the House moved to end the partial government shutdown.

59.   Such moves would help minimize the public inconvenience of the partial government shutdown with the intent of making it imperceptible to many ordinary citizens.