51.   Neither side appears to have the logistical capability and resources to support a sustained offensive that could prove decisive, diplomats say.

52.   One administration official said the two sides appeared close to agreement, with the Cubans carefully analyzing the U.S. offer.

53.   Raytheon spokeswoman Toni Simonetti said both sides appear to be making progress at the bargaining table.

54.   Seven Israeli soldiers were killed in in recent fighting, until both sides appeared to de-escalate the fighting.

55.   So the two sides appeared to be bracing for a long strike.

56.   Still, for all the interindustry debate, both sides appear to have made many decisions, even if they have not issued press releases.

57.   Still, the two sides appear to be circling each other in a coy roundabout in which neither wants to be perceived as too vigorously pursuing the other.

58.   Still, the two sides appeared to be continuing to chip away at their differences, and hopes for a settlement on Friday remained quite high.

59.   Still, both sides appeared firmly entrenched in their negotiating positions.

60.   Taken together, the two sides appeared to constitute the largest street gathering at Harvard since the Vietnam War era, the Cambridge police said.