11.   But Merrill will not pay anything until the other parties accept the terms of the agreement.

12.   But the state political parties can accept unlimited donations.

13.   Citizens cannot donate money that is not their own, and political parties cannot accept contributions from foreign sources.

14.   Clinton said he directed the party to make changes when he realized the party had accepted illegal foreign money.

15.   He said that his party accepted that the Bosnian Serb republic could not be independent, or even united with Yugoslavia, at least not for many years.

16.   In addition, RNC spokesman Ed Gillespie this week acknowledged that his party has accepted other donations from resident aliens.

17.   In the case of soft money, both parties have gladly accepted money from officials at Enron and the auditing firm of Arthur Andersen.

18.   Instead, they insist that every political party accepted bribes and illegal contributions, and that Craxi was unfairly singled out.

19.   It is illegal for political parties to accept foreign contributions.

20.   Only if both parties accept some version of the peace deal that has been offered.