81.   With each skirmish, both sides appear to move farther from the negotiating table.

82.   Yet both sides appeared to pull back from the brink.

83.   Palestinians and Israelis said Monday that the two sides appeared to be narrowing their differences.

84.   Palestinians and Israelis said Monday that the two sides appeared to be narrowing their differences over Hebron.

85.   Rebel leaders and the Congolese government they are trying to unseat arrived Monday for peace talks, but neither side appeared ready to budge from previous stances.

86.   Rebel leaders and the Congolese government they are trying to unseat assembled Monday for peace talks, but neither side appeared ready to budge from previous stances.

87.   A Palestinian official said the United States was working on a position paper, but would present it formally only if both sides appear prepared to accept it.

88.   All sides appeared determined, however, to seek an end to the two-week old work stoppage.

89.   Although his resignation is one of the conditions set by GM for a settlement, the two sides appeared to have hardened their positions.

90.   And the two sides appeared near to blows over growing independence sentiment on Taiwan.