31.   Selig had members of his management negotiating committee assemble in Rosemont, Ill. Thursday, for what was later called merely a strategy session.

32.   Selig reportedly said he would leave a negotiating committee behind, but it was not immediately clear if the committee was prepared to continue meeting.

33.   Six months later, McIlvaine, who served on the negotiating committee for the players union, was running wind sprints inside the Champion Center.

34.   Stern and Hunter are trying to correct that, attempting to reach a handshake agreement they can take to their respective negotiating committees.

35.   The agreement will be discussed at a meeting planned for Tuesday between the full negotiating committees of the local and the league.

36.   The agreement was also approved Wednesday by the membership of the union, upon the unanimous recommendation of its negotiating committee.

37.   The Indian federal government, which is represented on the negotiating committee along with the utility and the state government, has been pressing for a quick resolution.

38.   The negotiating committee is meeting in Atlanta this week.

39.   The only official announcement that followed was that negotiating committees would start meeting immediately.

40.   The union, which represents room cleaners, dishwashers and restaurant workers, has voted overwhelmingly to authorize their negotiating committee to strike.