31.   Negotiators involved in talks aimed at reaching a new national tobacco settlement said those discussions had reached an impasse.

32.   Neutron activation has been especially useful to scholars who have reached an impasse in assigning a sculpture to a particular region by virtue of its style.

33.   Negotiations between the choir and the city of Arlington reached an impasse last Thursday.

34.   Reaching an impasse with the White House, Specter bowed out of the negotiations.

35.   Republicans could portray them as obstructing progress on the issue if the conference committee reaches an impasse, as similar negotiations did last year.

36.   Tesh asked Paramount to reconsider, and they reached an impasse.

37.   The hospital imposed those cuts in May after declaring that the two sides had reached an impasse in negotiations.

38.   The House, taking up similar legislation, reached an impasse over airport security screeners.

39.   The panel reached an impasse on these counts, prompting the court to declare a mistrial on them.

40.   The partners reached an impasse, and when the company defaulted last month on its rent for the building in Times Square, Conseco swooped in and took control.