1.   But at the beginning of the proceeding, she and the police, who had been negotiating for days, announced their accord.

2.   EU officials expressed hope that an accord will be announced before midnight European time, when foreign-exchange markets in Tokyo open.

3.   If an accord is announced, we will add a news analysis at a minimum.

4.   In announcing the accord, which came after three years of stop-and-go talks, Perez Balladares was vague on most essential details.

5.   Insurance regulators in Florida, Massachusetts and Texas today announced the accords with the insurer, leaving the state of California as the lone dissenter to the national plan.

6.   Oil prices see-sawed after the accord was announced.

7.   Reflecting the poor state of relations between Cuba and the United States, the communique announcing the accord was drafted in correct but chilly language.

8.   Sen. Frank Launtenberg of New Jersey, ranking Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, announced the accord himself in a brief statement.

9.   So they kept talking, trying to hash out the matter so their potentially historic accord could be announced later today.

10.   The AMA, based in Chicago, asked to be released from the marketing agreement nine days after it announced the accord.