81.   General manager Dan Duquette reported that contract talks with knuckleballer Tim Wakefield are continuing.

82.   General Motors Corp. and United Auto Workers negotiators resumed contract talks this morning with GM facing additional plant closings due to strike-related parts shortages.

83.   He and agent Michael Barnett hope to meet with Kings management Tuesday to continue contract talks.

84.   He and Barnett hope to meet with Kings management Tuesday to continue contract talks.

85.   He and the Red Sox have been back and forth, over and under, up and around each other in contract talks and arguments all season.

86.   Grumbling from organized labor prior to contract talks is to be expected.

87.   He said ALPA will seek such a provision in contract talks now under way at Delta.

88.   He missed two weeks of camp in contract talks, backed up Clifton and was ready to start when injury struck.

89.   He says contract talks with Ms. Walters are always protracted.

90.   Her suit contended that the station broke off contract talks after she requested a reduced work schedule because of her fertility treatments.