31.   Others say the expulsion was part of a complex negotiation by Edward I with a nationalist Parliament to raise taxes.

32.   Prime Minister Romano Prodi would like to complete the negotiations by the end of the month, while labor leaders would like more time.

33.   Some lenders held up negotiations by insisting on better terms, while a majority of creditors were willing to accept lower payments.

34.   That decision was designed to prevent companies from undermining union negotiations by buying off employees.

35.   The Americans may have underestimated Japanese resistance to negotiation by ultimatum.

36.   The advances on campaign reform resulted from years of patient, stubborn negotiations by its sponsors, Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Russell Feingold of Wisconsin.

37.   The goal is to complete those negotiations by December, according to a NATO communique.

38.   The negotiations by the tobacco industry for a possible settlement of nearly all smoking-related litigation are playing out against a complex backdrop of legal disputes.

39.   The sides closed a significant gap in negotiations by adding a fourth year and deferred money to the deal.

40.   The U.S. action came one day before a deadline for completion of financial services negotiations by the WTO.