11.   By tradition, State of the Union speeches open a dialogue between the White House and Congress for the legislative agenda of the coming months.

12.   Chirac has said he intends to tell Zeroual that the only way to move toward real democracy is by opening a dialogue with all political movements that reject violence.

13.   DeParle said she wants to open a dialogue with Congress on the issue.

14.   European leaders have been pressing the Macedonian government to open a dialogue with Albanian leaders.

15.   Even if the country were simply to open a dialogue about the past, Chandler had doubts about what could be accomplished.

16.   Feinstein said Wednesday that she wanted the legislation to provide some flexibility, including time to see if the regime in Myanmar would open a dialogue with dissidents.

17.   German foreign minister urges Moscow to open dialogue with the United states on missile defense.

18.   Habibie has freed some political prisoners and promised to free more and he has opened a dialogue over the future of the disputed territory of East Timor.

19.   He also expressed regret that little progress has been made in opening a dialogue between China and the Dalai Lama, the exiled leader of Tibet.

20.   He repeated recent offers to open dialogue with any Taiwanese leaders who accept the one-China principle.