11.   Both sides characterized the negotiations as long, detailed and exhausting.

12.   A White House spokesman said President Bush was still committed to reaching an international treaty on tobacco and characterized the negotiations as fluid.

13.   A source close to Berg reported no progress in negotiations as of Thursday night.

14.   Brown was directly involved in the negotiations as the Rangers player representative and assistant to American League player representative Terry Steinbach.

15.   But nobody sat through as many rounds of negotiations as he.

16.   During the war in Bosnia, Milosevic dragged out negotiations as long as possible and usually was able to take the process to the brink before backing down.

17.   For the United States to let that happen would mark the negotiation as a sell-out to terrorism.

18.   Friday, Powell portrayed the negotiations as intensive and encouraging.

19.   Frank Durkan, a Manhattan lawyer, said the organization sees political negotiation as the only solution.

20.   He is playing a key role in the negotiations as a member of a commission set up to oversee talks between the Peruvian government and the rebels.