21.   One U.S. executive in the retail industry had an oral agreement to lease one floor of office space in a showy highrise.

22.   Owners met and made an oral agreement not to use the stalling tactics again.

23.   People familiar with the talks in recent weeks emphasize that the tentative accord is an oral agreement at this point.

24.   Petersen disputed whether an oral agreement constituted a commitment under IAAF rules.

25.   Pierre said an oral agreement was not good enough.

26.   The Bucks lost Michael Curry, who went to Detroit, and Dell Curry backed out of an oral agreement and signed with Toronto.

27.   The Basinger case proved that oral agreements can be as binding as written ones, attorneys said.

28.   The NFL and Hollywood Park have reached an oral agreement that would keep the Raiders in Los Angeles.

29.   The main investor for eight Woody Allen films testified Wednesday that his business arrangements with Allen were rooted in an oral agreement made during a brief dinner chat.

30.   The Yankees expect that their oral agreement with the Cuban defector Andy Morales will become official after all the necessary paperwork is filed and processed.