41.   While negotiators did not have an agreement in their grasp, it seemed within their reach.

42.   Police negotiators had little contact with the man during the standoff.

43.   Palestinian officials said the negotiators may have to leave the two sticking points for a decision by Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

44.   Ambassador Stephen J. Ledogar, head of the U.S. delegation, said Tuesday that negotiators have a second option, which is to convene an independent signing ceremony.

45.   British and Chinese negotiators had final say over the agreement and signed it Thursday.

46.   But the many brackets in the agreement language underscore how much ground negotiators have to cover to achieve that goal.

47.   But the negotiators had to overcome numerous hurdles in satisfying the diverse group of cable industry owners with stakes in Turner.

48.   Company and union negotiators met during the weekend but talks were suspended Monday because CWA negotiators had a prior commitment to testify at hearing outside Baltimore, Miller said.

49.   Earlier in the day, Arafat said negotiators still had a long way to go.

50.   EU negotiators had no signs from their American counterparts that Washington could change its position, Guilford said.