41.   The union previously had insisted the membership would not vote on any proposal its negotiating committee could not recommend.

42.   There seemed to be a chance that full negotiating committees would meet beginning Wednesday.

43.   They left voicing support for their negotiating committee.

44.   They said they feared that such a negotiating committee would give their opponents another forum to try to water down the bill.

45.   This pattern of behavior by the negotiating committee continued through the summer and fall and even this week.

46.   Tim Hardaway and Keith Askins were vocal critics of teammate Mourning and the union negotiating committee.

47.   Union officials also thought they saw signs last Friday that the six-member ownership negotiating committee was prepared to work toward a compromise deal.

48.   We have a negotiating committee that has all sorts of diversified opinions.

49.   We had indicated to them we had some general parameters pertaining to certain issues that we would be prepared to take back to our negotiating committee.

50.   When the new proposal was announced Monday, several owners expressed displeasure with the negotiating committee.