51.   If the talks fail, someone may suggest it was not the shape of the table, but the building that doomed them.

52.   If the talks fail, the states would look to the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the water rights dispute.

53.   If the talks fail, the water war most likely will end up in the Supreme Court.

54.   If the talks had failed, the sanctions were to have gone into effect within hours of his announcement.

55.   In addition, a top Palestinian negotiator predicted the talks would fail, because, he said, neither side seemed willing to change their positions.

56.   Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has made it clear that he will use his authority to take the water from the Arizona if talks fail.

57.   Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has made it clear that he will use his authority to take the water from the state if talks fail.

58.   Irving Councilman J. Roland Jeter Jr. said he is ready with a site at MacArthur Boulevard and LBJ Freeway if talks with Dallas fail.

59.   Japanese officials seethed, responding that Zoellick was setting them up as fall guys if the Doha talks failed.

60.   Machinists said no to a proposed contract last week and gave union leaders the go-ahead to strike if further talks fail.