11.   But both missions, say diplomatic observers, are evidence that attempts to negotiate an end to the war in the Balkans are finally moving into high gear.

12.   But attempts by U.N. military forces to negotiate an end to the attacks have had no apparent effect.

13.   But more steps are needed to negotiate an end to costly work rules.

14.   Clinton did confer with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia on Sunday about prospects for negotiating an end to the conflict.

15.   De Klerk, who had released Nelson Mandela from jail and negotiated an end to apartheid, had been trying to remake his party to attract blacks.

16.   Decisive NATO action should also prod Milosevic into negotiating an end to the conflict.

17.   Drucker was a member of a faculty team that tried to negotiate an end to the strike that began last April.

18.   Efforts to negotiate an end to the war, meanwhile, continued slowly on several fronts.

19.   Eventually, it negotiated an end to the boycott and resolution of the private suits.