31.   Flight attendants initially resisted the cost-cutting plan before accepting it yesterday, ending the dispute.

32.   For Japan, ending the dispute would remove a major domestic issue and a brake on overall relations with Moscow.

33.   Gen. Atiqullah Baryalai, an alliance deputy defense minister, said Saturday night he hoped to negotiate with Jaffar and end the dispute peacefully.

34.   Gligorov recently signed on to a U.S. plan to end the dispute with Greece, which had resulted in a Greek embargo against his country.

35.   If the latest agreement is rejected, pilots could strike again by early May, although Congress has the right to intervene and end the dispute.

36.   In effect, the U.S. may be about to end the dispute with Canada by allowing a return to the unrestricted flow of wheat from Canada to the U.S.

37.   Japanese officials told the International Olympic Committee they were considering banning recreational skiing in the park as a way of ending the dispute.

38.   Levin decided he wanted to centralize the lagging music business under movie chiefs Daly and Terry Semel, ending territorial disputes.

39.   Major League Baseball officials ended a dispute over Irabu two weeks ago by granting his rights to the San Diego Padres.

40.   Major League Baseball officials ended a dispute over Irabu last week by granting his rights to the San Diego Padres.