21.   But recent American initiatives succeeded in coaxing the sides back to the table.

22.   But recent American initiatives succeeded in coaxing both sides back to the table.

23.   Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat urged Israel to swiftly accept the American initiative.

24.   Envoy Christopher Hill pursued Monday an American diplomatic initiative to set up talks between the Serbian government and ethnic Albanian officials on the future of separatist Kosovo province.

25.   Erekat told Voice of Palestine radio the Palestinians did not yet know what the main points of the American initiative were.

26.   Envoy Christopher Hill pursued Monday an American diplomatic initiative to set up talks between the Serbian government and ethnic Albanian officials on the future of Kosovo.

27.   French, Slovene and Canadian diplomats all said they backed the American initiative.

28.   Greek officials have not ruled out a new American initiative on the issue.

29.   In the end, it was American initiative that rescued them from the Bosnian morass.

30.   In response, allied leaders in January approved an American initiative called Partnership for Peace that draws former foes closer, but without membership.