41.   Vallone and the City Council member Kenneth Fisher of Brooklyn played important roles in brokering an agreement.

42.   Washington officials are eager to broker an agreement which would limit the availability of cigarettes because it could help reduce teen smoking -- a longtime goal of the government.

43.   Peace envoys from the United Nations and Pakistan are trying to broker an agreement, but talks have been deadlocked.

44.   According to Muttmayan, Jalal has spent the last week shuttling between Kandahar and the Panjshir Valley, where Massood is based, to broker the agreement.

45.   Ali Mchumo, the chairman of the general council who has been trying to broker agreement, may well call a meeting for next week.

46.   Annan resolved the crisis by brokering an agreement that allowed work to resume.

47.   Brazil, together with the United States, Argentina and Chile, brokered the agreement, which offers something to the feuding neighbors.

48.   Brazil, together with the United States, Argentina and Chile, brokered the agreement, which offers something to both feuding neighbors.

49.   But administration officials said Cheney would not try to broker agreements.

50.   But Syria says it has brokered an agreement in which the two governments will stop attacks in state-owned media.