11.   Crandall has stayed clear of direct negotiations with the pilots, clearly recognizing that his public image would be of no help.

12.   Even at this late stage of the judicial process, the litigants could decide to try once more to settle the case, this time probably through direct negotiations.

13.   He said, however, that he could support any initiative that included direct negotiations with Kabila.

14.   Instead Peres used the mandate to maneuver Israel into the direct negotiations with the Palestinians that gave birth to the current agreement.

15.   Indeed, for years before their historic summit meeting in June, North Korea treated South Korean governments as nonentities and insisted on direct negotiations with the United States.

16.   Israel and Jordan agreed last month to conduct direct negotiations starting in July.

17.   North Korea compelled the United States to enter into direct negotiations for the return of the surviving pilot and the body of the other.

18.   North Korea, however, has consistently called for direct negotiations with the United States.

19.   North Korea recently renounced the terms of the armistice, in what U.S. diplomats regard as another effort to win direct negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang.

20.   Pakistan welcomes such a step, but India insists on direct negotiations with Islamabad, with no intermediaries.