41.   For its part, Bertelsmann began discussions with developers about at least two other sites nearby.

42.   For now, the chamber and a metropolitan arts council are beginning discussions with arts groups about how to divide bistate money among different arts projects and organizations.

43.   Frontier said on Wednesday that its management and advisers would begin exploratory discussions with Qwest.

44.   He soon began discussions with colleagues in the travel industry.

45.   Hillier is due to leave his post in June, but Leach has begun discussions about assigning a new Canadian general to continue his work.

46.   House Republicans have not drafted a detailed proposal, but they have begun discussions with the White House and with some Democrats.

47.   House and Senate negotiators have begun serious discussions on a compromise that would broaden health insurance coverage for workers with mental illness while limiting the cost to employers.

48.   In addition, the Rangers have begun discussions with representatives of the forwards Scott Fraser, Doug Gilmour and Ron Francis.

49.   In the hope of avoiding a class action suit, School Committee members said they will immediately begin discussions about whether to accept those students to the exam schools.

50.   In short order, Shange said he began discussions with Malcolm Barksdale, the broker representing the United House of Prayer.