31.   German shares are seen mixed in coming days as investors await the outcome of European Union talks over a key deficit-cutting pact.

32.   Gore proposed the resumption of formal talks over catch quotas and conservation of salmon runs headed for rivers in the Northwest and British Columbia.

33.   He said several issues were resolved in round-the-clock talks over the last week in Eilat, at the southern tip of Israel.

34.   He held two hours of talks over lunch with Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon but they were unable to conclude a deal.

35.   He talked with them on Monday morning after their talks over the weekend in Chicago and spoke to them again late last night, he said.

36.   His idea of a great night out was a rousing talk over a restaurant dinner, with any or all of the members of his family.

37.   In a theatrical gesture worthy of the Cold War he turned around his aircraft in midair when en route to Washington for talks over international loans.

38.   In fact, if you needed to talk over anything at all, he was the willing ear.

39.   In these negotiations, and in talks over the congressional bills, Clinton also drew lines in the sand against some Republican proposals, then erased them.

40.   Industry officials say that Hilton has had talks over the last year about acquiring Grand Casinos Inc., a company that is the largest owner of casinos in Mississippi.