1. Lastly, he would have to gain approval of Lakers officials, hardly a certainty given the messy end to last season. 2. She left the negotiations with a messy end and, administration officials acknowledged, a significant loss of impetus in solving the conflict. 3. The counterculture, which many baby boomers saw as a bright beginning, came to a messy end. 4. The messy end of the assassination attempt, though, was only the beginning of four days of high-stakes diplomacy and arm-twisting. 5. CGT head Louis Viannet and Force Ouvriere leader Marc Blondel, fearing a messy end to the strike, on Thursday called for early talks with Juppe. |