11.   At the end of the day, all sides seemed even deeper dug into their positions.

12.   Both sides always seem to be meeting, cajoling, threatening, promising, reneging and negotiating.

13.   Both sides seem optimistic that the deal can be completed Thursday.

14.   Both sides seem weirdly obsessed with snagging a divine endorsement.

15.   Both sides seemed to feel the Israeli-Palestinian peace agreements have reached an irreversible crisis, teetering between total collapse and a return to the cycle of violence.

16.   Both sides seemed willing to consider concessions in London that would bridge the remaining differences over the American withdrawal proposal.

17.   Both sides in March seemed fairly close to an agreement, based on a luxury tax on payrolls that would fund revenue sharing for smaller markets.

18.   Both sides now seem to be hunkering down for low-level hit-and-run attacks, specialists say.

19.   Both sides seem to have good arguments, according to a trademark expert not involved in the dispute.

20.   Both sides seem to want one, but are split on how to implement it.