21.   Edwards traveled to Kansas City last week but returned to Oklahoma the next day after he and board members said they could not reach a contract agreement.

22.   Ending more than a year of negotiations, US Airways and its pilots reached a tentative contract agreement late on Tuesday night.

23.   Falconbridge Ltd. and unionized miners in Sudbury, Ontario meet again today to try to reach a tentative contract agreement before a Friday strike the workers say appears inevitable.

24.   First, the league said Miami already had a contract agreement with Alonzo Mourning, a charge that Miami vehemently denied.

25.   FORD CANADA IN DEAL WITH UNION Ford and the Canadian Automobile Workers union reached a tentative contract agreement several hours before a strike deadline.

26.   GM and the UAW reached a three-year national contract agreement in November.

27.   He retired after being unable to reach a new contract agreement.

28.   He will leave office without having reached a contract agreement between the city and its public school teachers.

29.   In recent job actions at carriers other than American, employees were waiting for new contract agreements to be reached.

30.   Instead, expect a quiet, classy contract agreement, Walter Payton-style.