71.   On Monday, James Pardew, the American diplomat who helped broker the political settlement, brought their dilemma into the open in a series of interviews.

72.   On the issue of Chechnya, Yeltsin was similarly defiant of U.S. demands that he seek a permanent cease-fire and negotiate a political settlement.

73.   One faction holds that an honorable political settlement is still possible and supports Adams.

74.   Only a negotiated political settlement can assure peace in Cyprus and remove the danger of military conflict between Greece and Turkey.

75.   OSCE members also approved a declaration in which Russia agreed to allow OSCE to visit Chechnya to see if a political settlement was possible.

76.   Other European political leaders have hardened their language about the Yugoslav leader as hopes for a political settlement in Kosovo have faded.

77.   Polls show that Turks overwhelmingly favor a political settlement.

78.   Pickering, who met with President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, told the local news media that peace would come only through a political settlement.

79.   Powell is under a broad directive from the president to discuss a cease fire and political settlement between the Israelis and Palestinians.

80.   Political parties that represent the guerrilla factions have taken a similar view, vowing to boycott the state elections and to ignore any political settlement that might follow.