1.   They met again Wednesday night to try to forge a compromise.

2.   Among moderates, he earned a reputation in Congress for forging compromises between the parties and between the Senate and the House.

3.   At the behest of one commissioner, Susan Ness, broadcasters are meeting with Microsoft and other computer-industry companies to forge a compromise.

4.   A conference committee is scheduled to meet this month to forge a compromise.

5.   After an unsuccessful attempt at forging a compromise, Justice Wilk issued a temporary restraining order last November to prevent the removal of the squatters.

6.   But Kennedy and other Democrats forged a compromise that assured most of the money would go to the poor and disadvantaged.

7.   But never before has he faced such a public test of his ability to forge compromises with Democrats on complex issues with immense political overtones.

8.   But over the years Congress has been able to forge bipartisan compromises with broad nationwide support.

9.   Despite several hours of closed-door negotiations on the hate crimes bill Wednesday, Democrats and Republicans failed to forge a compromise to get the issue to a floor debate.

10.   Efforts to forge a compromise will continue.