1.   America West officials dismissed the move as a negotiating tactic.

2.   Arafat uses the turmoil as a negotiating tactic.

3.   All-cash deals are sometimes used as a negotiating tactic, according to Sheila Rice, director of the Fine Homes Division of Prudential Long Island Realty.

4.   But the anger, part of which may well be a negotiating tactic, is not limited to Boston.

5.   Carla suggested that Pollack is using his threat to develop the land as a negotiating tactic.

6.   Contreras called that agreement a negotiating tactic aimed at lowering the cost of buying natural gas from the Occidental group.

7.   He was just doing his job with this negotiating tactic.

8.   In canceling the sale of the turbines, Kuchma found an effective negotiating tactic with Washington.

9.   In the United States, the beef industry said the European Union announcement Wednesday was simply a negotiating tactic.

10.   It was a strong-arm negotiating tactic, and it worked.