11.   Any predictions on the specific provisions of a final agreement at this point are necessarily speculative.

12.   A joint statement by Livent and Equity yesterday included only one specific provision.

13.   A spokesman for the tobacco industry said that the four companies involved in the settlement talks would not comment on specific provisions in the plan.

14.   Administration officials refused to say which of those specific provisions Clinton would endorse.

15.   But a government official said nothing would prevent the two new companies from collaborating on a product in most circumstances, though the proposal does include specific anti-collusion provisions.

16.   But specific provisions are probably not the key to reaching agreement.

17.   But the deal later appeared to unravel as each side claimed it had negotiated specific provisions that the other side disputed.

18.   But when residents here were asked why they objected to the health bills, none pointed to specific provisions.

19.   Critics of the agreement outlined opposition to specific provisions of the pact, while supporters offered a big-picture view of its benefits.

20.   Democratic and Republican aides say that interest groups have long played a role in drafting complex legislation, often suggesting language or specific provisions.