11.   Alter, a Democrat, negotiated that deal.

12.   Alvord, in negotiating the deal,

13.   Analysts questioned whether Villalonga could revive enough interest among the board members to try to negotiate a deal with KPN and whether a deal could in fact be consummated.

14.   And experts say the president is not likely to make much headway on global trade agreements because Congress has not yet given him approval to solely negotiate such deals.

15.   And the team still needs to negotiate long-term deals with Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada.

16.   Another way is for private buyers to join purchasing cooperatives that are big enough to negotiate tough deals with manufacturers.

17.   As the companies negotiated the deal, Cooper was counseling a Lockheed executive and his wife about problems in their marriage.

18.   At least that is how the attorneys general who negotiated the deal understood it.

19.   At the same time, the entire organization will use its heft to negotiate better deals from insurers, mutual fund companies and banks.

20.   At the time, the board said it planned to start using private real estate firms to negotiate better deals in the future.