31.   Both parties are working toward a settlement, sources say.

32.   Both sides need to work toward assuring his return.

33.   Boyce is working toward a physics degree with a minor in philosophy and religion.

34.   -- Work toward a solution.

35.   A master of language, he seems to be working toward a theater in which language itself will be discarded.

36.   A recently formed nonprofit Texans for State Parks is working toward the establishment of friends groups for each park.

37.   A senior IBM executive said both companies are working toward a reconciliation, but one wonders.

38.   A student at Bentley College near Boston, she was working toward a business degree.

39.   After the meeting, the parties eventually worked toward settling the case.

40.   Aides to Dole said he would instead promise to work toward simplifying the tax system.