11.   But Japan never honored the rights, and the new accord settles the issue.

12.   But parts of the new accord remain vague.

13.   But there are few signs of a new accord in the near future.

14.   But this week the outlook changed, with President Suharto of Indonesia signing a new accord with the International Monetary Fund on Thursday.

15.   But United, like other carriers canvassed, said it had no immediate plans to expand flights to Europe as a result of the new accords.

16.   Executives of U.S. firms traveling with Pena said the main message presented is that a new accord would promote Thai tourism and make exporters more competitive.

17.   He said he could not comment on the new accord, because the ministry did not know all the details.

18.   In Brazil, the EU wants the existing rights of European financial service companies to be protected under any new accord.

19.   In the very public infighting over the new accord, it was Lebed who struck the first blow.

20.   In the meantime, it appears that the public posturing over the new accord will go on.