31.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin wrapped up his trip to Helsinki for the Russian-U.S. summit by initiating talks with Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari about boosting economic ties.

32.   Schuerholz had not initiated talks with seven-year starter Lemke and has had just one conversation with Avery agent Scott Boras.

33.   Senior management from Bank of New York initiated talks, according to a person familiar with the situation.

34.   So there was speculation Thursday that American Home might have initiated the talks in hopes of raising cash.

35.   The delegation will initiate talks with local Jordanian authorities and begin searching for a location for the consulate, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Danny Shek.

36.   The Falcons initiated talks between the organizations.

37.   The Mets tried to initiate talks, but a baseball official said the Mets believed the Dodgers did not want to deal with them.

38.   The plaintiffs, the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, initiated the talks, which were described by people involved in them as very preliminary.

39.   The organization has initiated talks on an international treaty that would regulate cigarette advertising and marketing, foster international cooperation on research and control tobacco smuggling.

40.   The private talks were initiated by the White House after failing to assemble a majority in the evenly-divided Senate.