41.   It was, said owners chief negotiator Richard Ravitch, a productive day.

42.   Johnson and chief negotiator Bob Gregory walked the picket lines with Machinists President George Kourpias, who flew in from Washington, D.C.

43.   Kantor and Hashimoto were accompanied by their chief negotiators, Ira Shapiro for the U.S. and Ministry for International Trade and Industry Vice Minister Yoshihiro Sakamoto for Japan.

44.   Mitchell made his remarks after meeting Monday with Trimble, then with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and its chief negotiator, Martin McGuinness.

45.   Mickey Kantor, the chief U.S. negotiator, politely stepped around the issue today.

46.   Moorad and Diamondbacks executive Ralph Nelson played the chief negotiators in staging the Williams deal.

47.   Neither side would confirm the offer and Lozano said he and the Dodgers chief negotiator Sam Fernandez agreed to impose a gag order on the talks.

48.   No talks are scheduled and the strike could last for several weeks, said Wayne Fraser, chief negotiator for the United Steelworkers of America union.

49.   Oded Eran, the chief Israeli negotiator, said that if negotiations resumed, a framework accord could be reached in another four to six weeks.

50.   Officials said the chief American negotiator at the talks, Robert Einhorn, who had been scheduled to go on to Beijing, would return home for extensive consultations.