31.   Indeed, the Dayton negotiations took place only because NATO carried out serious bombing of Serbian military targets last summer.

32.   In the past, Merila said, individual negotiations took place at mauch lower prices, based on estimated capacity.

33.   Instead, he discovered that the negotiations had taken a devastating twist overnight.

34.   It expects negotiations to take up to one year.

35.   It expects negotiations to take up to a year.

36.   It is believed that he is keeping that portfolio free to offer it to Mr. Sharon, and political reporters here say negotiations are taking place despite denials.

37.   It was unknown if any further negotiations were taking place over the weekend.

38.   Joyce Saltzman, an Alcoa spokeswoman, declined to predict how long negotiations will take.

39.   Meeting in the Fifth Avenue apartment Geffen uses when he is not in Beverly Hills, Bronfman disclosed that the negotiations had taken a difficult turn.

40.   Negotiations are taking place at the offices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.