1.   Peace talks have been initiated in an attempt to avert full scale war.

2.   We have initiated talks with individual local authorities regarding their funding of student bursaries and grants for general SVQs.

3.   And Gary Howard, the chief executive of TCI Satellite Entertainment, said Tuesday that he wanted to complete the spinoff before initiating fresh talks.

4.   And so he initiated talks with the French concern.

5.   And since it had been Henderson who had initiated the talks with San Diego, the veteran went willingly.

6.   Aushev, in an interview with Russian television, said he believed that Maskhadov had been serious in his effort to initiate peace talks.

7.   A source said yesterday that C-USA officials initiated talks with TCU and SMU last Friday.

8.   Abbott said he attempted to negotiate from there, but Hawks GM Bob Pulford, about two weeks after initiating talks, abruptly terminated the quid pro quo.

9.   Allied Waste initiated the talks five weeks ago, he said.

10.   Also last month, the ELN signed an accord in Germany to initiate peace talks by October.