31.   Each side did meet with the mediator, but he summoned them to get their input for the proposal he was formulating.

32.   Each side meets separately with Judge Posner one day a week.

33.   Each side will meet separately Tuesday with the mediators.

34.   Fox Sports reported that the two sides had met again Thursday, but the league denied it.

35.   Greg Overman, a union spokesman, said that the two sides met every day this week and hope to conclude an agreement by the end of next week.

36.   Gore and President Clinton Thursday expressed confidence that negotiations will resume when both sides meet next week in London.

37.   He said that the two sides would meet again on Wednesday, allowing negotiators time to consult with their governments.

38.   He said Japan stands ready to talk any time, but could not say when the two sides would meet.

39.   Indeed, the initial stage of the peace conference would be an elaborate Kabuki in which the opposing sides would meet ... but not in the same room.

40.   It was not clear when the two sides would meet again.