21.   Both sides, by the way, acknowledged canceling or postponing a few negotiating sessions because of family illnesses or scheduling conflicts.

22.   A daylong series of negotiating sessions led the board to back down on its insistence that Zacarias accept a buyout or be fired by the end of this week.

23.   A contentious negotiating session in Bonn last month broke up without agreement.

24.   A negotiating session is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, said Schools Superintendent Richard DiPatri.

25.   A negotiating session between ballet company and musician representatives, which went late into Friday night, failed to produce an agreement.

26.   A source, however, said federal officials during the negotiating session seemed emphatic about getting the consent decree.

27.   According to Barnett, he had not yet heard from Sinden about setting up a negotiating session.

28.   After a break of several hours, Kantor and Hashimoto reconvened shortly before midnight for what could be a final overnight negotiating session.

29.   After a negotiating session Thursday he was trapped with several Indonesian employees near the city center.

30.   After he won his first Super Bowl, he saw how his players used their intelligence during negotiating sessions.