21.   DiFazio said contract negotiations took about two weeks.

22.   Determining the shape all these negotiations will take is difficult because few flat tax plans have been spelled out in detail.

23.   From start to finish, the negotiations took less than three years.

24.   He added that no plea negotiations had taken place.

25.   He made clear that he expected the negotiation to take place with someone besides Arafat.

26.   He said negotiations were taking place.

27.   His personal negotiations are taking place against a background of leaguewide negotiations for a collective bargaining between teams and the NHL Players Association.

28.   However, negotiations may never take place.

29.   In an interview, Maloney, the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District in Brooklyn, N.Y., declined to confirm that negotiations were taking place.

30.   In case the negotiations take an unexpected bad turn, the Dodgers have contingency plans.