91.   Little more than an hour after the Friday talks began, the two sides encountered a major obstacle, which indicated that a negotiated settlement was out of reach.

92.   Madonick does not believe there would be any major obstacles to Litton acquiring either Newport News or Avondale.

93.   Mining companies say the major obstacle is a state and federal regulatory process that can easily drag on for a decade.

94.   Most important, people have recognized that corruption is a major obstacle to democratic transitions, market economies and development.

95.   Netanyahu has long been seen around the Arab world as a major obstacle to a broader peace between Israel and the Arabs.

96.   Now the pilots union wants to end that arrangement, and the issue has become a major obstacle in contract talks.

97.   Officials in Honduras and Nicaragua have cited a shortage of helicopters as a major obstacle in the effort to get aid to those who need it most.

98.   On Monday Barak wisely removed a major obstacle to progress with the Palestinians by temporarily freezing most new construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

99.   On major obstacle would grow out of the fact that as humans age, damage to the genes accumulates.

100.   Once past the Taliban positions on Qala-Kata, Alliance troops would have no major obstacles to reaching Taloqan.