21.   Currency traders have warned that the dollar could take a further beating if the current talks fail.

22.   Earlier today, congressional Republicans served notice they have a backup strategy if budget talks fail.

23.   Even so, investors were not expecting the talks to fail.

24.   Executives said that the talks failed because Kozmo and its investors could not come up with enough cash to purchase PDQuick.

25.   For their part, U.S. trade officials have declined to say what sanctions they would seek if the bilateral talks fail to resolve the dispute.

26.   Greenspan has warned that interest rates are likely to move higher if the budget talks fail.

27.   He called for immediate elections now that talks have failed.

28.   He could have allowed the Dayton talks to fail.

29.   Holmes said he might support a boycott if talks to settle the lawsuit failed or if Coca-Cola decided to appeal a court ruling.

30.   If all talks fail, try to transfer out of the department.