41.   But a flurry of negotiations in New York over the weekend and a meeting here on Monday with President Clinton failed to complete the agreement.

42.   But even Democrats conceded that the groundwork had been laid for the least incendiary budget negotiations in recent memory.

43.   But negotiations in the past month have not resulted in a deal.

44.   But Schreiber and the Giants have not been able to agree on a free-agent contract and have not had constructive negotiations in weeks.

45.   But the Japanese have agreed to reopen negotiations in three years.

46.   But the negotiations in Geneva were intended to turn these agreements into binding commitments.

47.   But that deadline passed with negotiations in progress.

48.   But they said they still might send Clinton the bill if after negotiations in coming days there were still some disagreements between the two sides.

49.   But there will be no real negotiations in Oslo, no possibility of a new agreement and little likelihood of a crisis.

50.   Canada walked away from negotiations in late May complaining that the U.S. negotiator lacked authority to conclude an agreement.