1.   An arbitrator was called in to break the impasse.

2.   China, in turn, had threatened to impose retaliatory tariffs on imports from the USA, and negotiators had failed to break the impasse in September.

3.   In the end, de Gaulle overcame his depression by breaking the impasse.

4.   And community officials credit Cisneros with sitting down with all sides to break the impasse over the West Dallas projects.

5.   And if the two houses should deadlock, would the Supreme Court be called upon to break the impasse?

6.   And President Ezer Weizman created a national stir by calling for early elections, or at least a government of national unity, to break the impasse.

7.   Breaking the impasse will not be easy.

8.   ...The crown prince expressed his deep appreciation for the intense efforts exerted by the president and his administration to break the impasse in the current Middle East crisis.

9.   A week of intense negotiations has failed to break the impasse.

10.   Both sides agree Bush needs to intervene to break the impasse.