31.   Afterward, the vice president made clear that he was not part of negotiating the deal, and said he has not talked to President Clinton about it.

32.   After their Seattle dinner conversation, Gates and Roberts negotiated their deal with an informality one would expect from two baby boomers who run billion-dollar companies.

33.   AIG and the government have been negotiating the deal for several months.

34.   Brazil and Japan are members, and so cannot negotiate similar deals.

35.   Brown also touted his ability to negotiate deals for the city.

36.   But apparently her father calculated on being able to negotiate favorable deals so that the family would not be subject to the legal tax rate.

37.   But blocking them would have been easier if the state had made them an issue when the deal was being negotiated.

38.   But both Conoco and Phillips considered the possibility of an interloper when they were negotiating their deal, executives close to the companies said.

39.   But CNI General Manager Harold Brown said Wednesday that deals were being negotiated with several U.S. cable television companies that want to offer the Outlaw channel.

40.   But critics say the pharmacy benefit management companies negotiate deals with drug makers that benefit themselves and the drug companies more than anyone else.