21.   Absent some unexpected peace initiative, both sides are poised to repeat the cycle of violence as soon as they have had a break to heal and rebuild.

22.   After Jaffna fell in December, Mrs. Kumaratunga tried to breathe life into her peace initiative with an offer of federalist autonomy to Tamil areas.

23.   After it became obvious that the Chechens would continue to resist, they embarked on a peace initiative, which Yeltsin formalized last night.

24.   All this suggests that the Saudi peace initiative may not be public relations at all, but a tentative effort at solving one of its serious political problems.

25.   Bush avoided calling Arafat a terrorist, insisting that he remains a factor in a hoped-for peace initiative.

26.   Bush has praised a Saudi peace initiative calling for Arab peace with Israel in exchange for the creation of a Palestinian state.

27.   Bush has hailed as a breakthrough a peace initiative offered by Saudi Arabia.

28.   Bush unveiled his long-awaited Mideast peace initiative after months of close consultations with Arab and Israeli leaders.

29.   But further gains on the battlefield could cause the peace initiative to disintegrate, U.N. officials and Western diplomats said on Monday.

30.   But Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn said that she did not think the peace initiative had suffered a major setback.