21.   Chinese sources said Thursday that the Communist Party Politburo had yet to reach a consensus on the next step to break the impasse over Taiwan.

22.   Christopher will also resume his shuttle mission between Jerusalem and Damascus in the hopes of breaking an impasse among Israel and Syria.

23.   Daschle proposes to break the impasse with a stripped-down version of his own.

24.   Davis said he had spoken with Allen and other legislative leaders about breaking the impasse.

25.   Fifty hours of negotiations between Clinton and Republican leaders in Congress failed to break the impasse.

26.   For weeks, the administration has been offering Republicans the same negotiating terms to break the impasse on the budget.

27.   He approached Gazprom and proposed breaking the impasse by brokering a deal with another minority NTV investor, the Los Angeles-based Capital Research and Management Co.

28.   He said the recent appointment of Assistant Trade Representative Lee Sands to head WTO negotiations with China was a Clinton administration attempt to break the impasse.

29.   His statement came toward the end of a day when hopes soared and sank as rumors swirled about possible bids to break the impasse.

30.   In an effort to break an impasse in the peace talks, the rebel commanders had tossed a surprise party for the government team.