31.   A deadline of Monday was set for the submission of documents relating to Newport Creative Communications, a Duxbury, Mass., direct mail company.

32.   A five-day letter warns the company that a strike deadline has been set.

33.   A strike deadline was set for Saturday midnight and a prolonged disruption would disrupt supplies, analysts said.

34.   A summer deadline is more sensible.

35.   According to the Times, an unnamed adviser to the president said the deadline is not crucial because both sides are seeking a compromise.

36.   Actually, there is no deadline.

37.   But all of them could still opt to play because the commitment deadline is not until the Friday before the tournament.

38.   But as is often the case when there is no deadline in Albany, the negotiations have continued for day after day.

39.   But Democratic lawyers and some legal experts say that that deadline is not a firm date.

40.   But even that deadline is in flux.