11.   Even the way negotiations are handled once the parties have sat down together can be improved.

12.   Falco also complained that Young himself did not answer two letters or a telephone call, instead letting other executives and bankers handle the negotiations.

13.   Gerstner praised Manzi effusively on Sunday, commending him for initiating the talks and for the selfless manner in which he handled the negotiations.

14.   Gutkowski had been handling the negotiations with the Messier camp.

15.   He is handling the negotiations in place of Neil Smith, leaving the president and general manager of the Rangers free for all other preseason duties.

16.   He said he will likely hire a business mind to handle contract negotiations.

17.   He said Steinbrenner is handling the negotiations himself.

18.   His mother, Vikki, and cousin, John Bushart, a former Cal State Northridge pitcher, will handle negotiations.

19.   Just recently, Kraft was appointed to the powerful league committee that handles labor negotiations.

20.   Lincoln said the actual negotiations would be handled by club president Chuck Armstrong and whoever is hired to replace Woodward.