11.   Negotiations have started for the television rights to the SEC football championship game.

12.   Sharon has said the Palestinians have failed to halt deadly attacks on Israelis and that no negotiations could start unless the violence stops.

13.   Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams echoed Mitchell, saying the most important thing is for negotiations to start.

14.   The current deals expire at the end of next season, but negotiations start in January.

15.   The negotiations started last week when Melvin went to Baltimore to meet with Powers.

16.   The negotiations started while Pinochet was under house arrest outside London on a Spanish warrant that sought his extradition in a human rights case.

17.   The negotiations started with a telephone call by John Grundhofer in mid-September.

18.   The Palestinians are looking for political negotiations to start after two weeks.

19.   The sources cautioned, however, that the talks are preliminary, not all senior level managers are involved yet, and no serious negotiations have started.

20.   The Republicans fear that once negotiations start down that road, trade agreements will necessarily include changes in American labor and environmental regulations, as well.