31.   New World may have used the King World negotiations as leverage to get Murdoch to agree to an acquisition, analysts said.

32.   Officials of the EU described negotiations as deadlocked, not ongoing, and said no further talks were likely to be held at least through the weekend.

33.   Perelman may have used the King World negotiations as leverage to get Murdoch to agree to an acquisition at a higher price, analysts said.

34.   Perelman may have used the King World negotiations as leverage to get Murdoch to agree to an acquisition, analysts said.

35.   Remarkably, executives at AMP and other foreign suppliers see rigorous testing, red tape and negotiation as minor problems.

36.   Royko often used his own contract negotiations as a vehicle to boost many others up the opportunity ladder.

37.   Senior administration officials described the negotiations as extraordinarily difficult.

38.   That leaves Israeli-Syrian negotiations as the one major track on which there has not been dramatic progress.

39.   The Chinese used the first round of negotiations as a breather to organize a new offensive.

40.   The city is a sensitive sticking point in negotiations as site of the Tomb of the Patriarchs, holy to both Jews and Muslims.