11.   , which was undertaken reluctantly and only after months of talks with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic failed to produce an agreement that would protect the people of Kosovo.

12.   A meeting earlier today failed to produce an agreement, said NHK, a quasi-governmental broadcasting company.

13.   A meeting in Paris last week between Arafat, Barak and Secretary of State Madeline Albright failed to produce an agreement to end the fighting.

14.   A negotiating session between ballet company and musician representatives, which went late into Friday night, failed to produce an agreement.

15.   A victory for the tobacco industry could produce an agreement more favorable to cigarette makers.

16.   After several days in Washington, Usery related, it was obvious that no further exchange of proposals would produce an agreement.

17.   Aides to Bush and Fox said that their meeting was aimed mainly at building a personal rapport and would not produce new agreements.

18.   But discussions this week in New York between NATO and U.N. officials on this request produced no agreement.

19.   But McCain continued to hold out hopes for negotiations with the White House that could eventually produce agreement on the legislation.

20.   But some asked why it had taken so long to produce an agreement.