41.   Negotiations to break the impasse have made little progress.

42.   New Zealand has quietly proposed to break the impasse by offering Philip Burdon, its trade minister, for the post.

43.   Now comes Dick Harpootlian, the chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party and a flag opponent, with a plan he contends will break the impasse.

44.   President Bush needs to help break the impasse on both issues, or legislators will go home covered with failure.

45.   Reiterating the recommendation Tuesday was an attempt to break the impasse, Blakey said.

46.   Replacing a strident tone with a restrained voice and a nod to certain niceties the Chinese expect, the Bush administration may have finally broken the impasse.

47.   Silber said he felt obligated to resign because it became clear it was the only way to break the impasse.

48.   So far, talks between the EU and Boeing have yet to break the impasse.

49.   So who will break the impasse today?

50.   Speedy injunctions could reinstate union organizers who have been inappropriately fired, and binding arbitration could be used to break an impasse over the initial contract.