1.   As part of the settlement Thursday, HCA will enter into several side agreements with the government.

2.   Administration officials also pledged that the president would use his executive authority to negotiate separate side agreements on labor and the environment.

3.   Administration officials pledged to negotiate separate side agreements on the two topics, as they did with NAFTA.

4.   But his successor, Clinton, pursued side agreements to address concerns of labor unions and environmental groups.

5.   But JAMS, argued the customers, was financially beholden to MCI under side agreements that had never been made public.

6.   By insisting on side agreements regarding labor and environmental rules and by actually negotiating them in the early months of his presidency, Clinton made ratification possible.

7.   Cantor responded with a side agreement that insured her a substantial stream of income after a change in management.

8.   China is expected to try to complete side agreements with other nations before the end of the year.

9.   Company officials said they would review the side agreement and the federal and state environmental plans, which cannot be amended.

10.   Daschle said today he believes side agreements could be written in a way that demands compliance.