31.   Hispanic and Asian representatives sought compromise, in vain.

32.   Historically, republicans who have sought compromise have not brought along the IRA.

33.   House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott are vowing to seek compromise with the president on major issues.

34.   House and Senate conferees would seek a compromise between the two versions.

35.   If bills pass each chamber, Senate and House conferees seek a compromise.

36.   In the middle of the battling aides is Dole, naturally a conciliator who seeks compromise.

37.   In the course of all this, the protein tests many possible configurations, seeking a compromise that will satisfy all the countervailing forces.

38.   In what may be his most difficult effort, Clinton will also try to persuade Ecevit to seek a compromise with Greece over the divided island of Cyprus.

39.   Johnson, meanwhile, secretly sought a compromise with moderate Republicans, promising that if acquitted he would no longer stand in the way of their reconstruction plans.

40.   Kennedy will lead the Senate conferees when they seek compromises with the House and the Bush administration over a final version of the bill.