71.   Both sides have expressed hope that an agreement can be reached before then.

72.   But negotiators expressed hope agreement could be reached before then.

73.   But the economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, meeting in Kuala Lumpur, said they hope an agreement will be reached before the deadline.

74.   Corretja said he will wait until a decision is reached before making his decision.

75.   Finance Ministry officials said late Friday that it was difficult to say whether an agreement could be reached before the deadline.

76.   Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, however, said there was still a chance a treaty could be reached before the vote.

77.   He remains a long way off the peak he reached before spending nine months sidelines by a shoulder operation.

78.   He said he was optimistic that the so-called Information Technology Agreement would be reached before the end of the week.

79.   If no agreement was reached before the end of the season, the dispute would go to a federal mediator.

80.   If a deal is somehow reached before the election, the entire dynamic of the campaign could change.