41.   For Giuliani, the agreement has several important advantages.

42.   Garen Wintemute, director of the Violence Prevention Center at the University of California at Davis, said the agreement had important provisions about the distributions of guns.

43.   Goldhill said the affiliation agreements still have some time to run.

44.   Given the deep-seated mistrust between them, many Israelis and many Palestinians question the value that any agreement would have.

45.   He said the final budget agreement will have to include an overhaul of welfare and changes in Medicare to give seniors a wider choice of health plans.

46.   He pointedly noted that the agreement had strong political underpinning.

47.   He has strongly criticized the agreement and on Wednesday night said the announced new provisional agreement has no legitimacy.

48.   He must also know that the Oslo agreement had two flaws that are leading to a dead end.

49.   He said previous trade agreements have had harmful effects on the textile industry, specifically, and in North Carolina, generally.

50.   Hillhaven, based in Tacoma, Wash., contends this agreement has the effect of making Horizon a major stockholder.