1.   Their intensive talks produced hints that the two sides could resolve remaining differences over START in time for a US-Soviet summer summit.

2.   Gore encouraged Putin to pursue more intensive talks on Start III and the ABM treaty, the statement said.

3.   Intensive talks continued Saturday with John Odling-Smee, the lead negotiator from the International Monetary Fund, who arrived in Moscow Friday evening.

4.   Intensive talks were scheduled for Friday morning, but broke down, soon after the government became convinced that Microsoft had changed its position overnight.

5.   Not long after Esser had begun intensive talks with Vivendi, Messier called Gent of Vodafone to see what kind of a deal he might want to consider.

6.   Palestinian officials said they were confident that intensive talks would take place, probably somewhere in Egypt.

7.   Russian and IMF officials have been engaged in intensive talks over steps Moscow can take so that the disbursements can be restarted.

8.   Ross, the chief mediator in the intensive talks, cautioned Monday evening that much work remained before a deal could be concluded.

9.   Ross, the chief mediator in the intensive talks, cautioned Monday evening that work remained before a deal could be concluded.

10.   The issue of how to structure such an arrangement, the official said, was the focus of the most intensive talks on Tuesday.