21.   His success in brokering an agreement with the Chechen rebels added to his prestige, both in Russia and outside.

22.   If the organization can broker an agreement, it will establish itself as a part of the machinery of Internet governance.

23.   In an extraordinary year of crisis management, President Clinton has helped to broker agreements aimed at ending bloodshed in Northern Ireland, Kosovo and the Middle East.

24.   In the past, the governor has made similarly pessimistic statements around this time of year but then later brokered an agreement.

25.   It drew praise from the United Nations, which brokered the agreement.

26.   Last Friday the White House appointed Bill Usery, an old union hand who served in the Cabinet of President Gerald Ford, to try to broker an agreement.

27.   Late Thursday night, Albright hustled to broker an agreement.

28.   Mideast envoy Anthony Zinni, a retired U.S. Marine general, had been trying to broker an agreement and vowed to stay in the region until he obtained one.

29.   NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue brokered an agreement between the Jets and Patriots yesterday, allowing Parcells to coach the Jets immediately without spending a year as a consultant.

30.   President Bush would also risk political and diplomatic capital to broker an agreement in a region where U.S. success has never been assured.