71.   Last month, Adams and his arch-rival, David Trimble, minister of the new Northern Ireland Assembly, held private talks for the first time.

72.   Leading the talks for the anti-tobacco side are Mississippi Attorney General Michael Moore and attorneys for Mississippi and Florida, including Richard Scruggs, the people said.

73.   LeBow also met with Deputy White House Counsel Bruce Lindsey, who is tracking the settlement talks for the Clinton administration.

74.   Last month, U.N. relief workers held talks for a week with Taliban officials, who have imposed a radical Islamic regime on the country.

75.   Last year, he upset the Jets because, in the midst of trade talks for Keyshawn Johnson, he provided nearly daily updates to reporters.

76.   Martin, a second-year forward, left the trash talk for others.

77.   Nellie was reportedly offering anyone except Latrell Sprewell in trade talks for a top-notch big man until acquiring Seikaly for Billy Owens.

78.   Netanyahu and Arafat had broken off talks for eight months before a surprise summit Wednesday in the dead of night.

79.   NatWest spokesman Edward Townsend declined to comment on whether the bank was in talks for Clerical Medical.

80.   Negotiations intensified last Monday when Canadian Airlines President Kevin Benson began rescue talks for the cash-strapped carrier.