41.   Since he opened negotiations with the government in May, new evidence has surfaced suggesting that Fortier may have been more deeply involved than it had first appeared.

42.   Since taking office, Peres has begun a new effort to open negotiations with Syria, the last major Arab neighbor that has yet to make peace with Israel.

43.   The alliance was forced to beat back an attempt by Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov to open negotiations on terms dictated by President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia.

44.   The club has not opened negotiations with either player.

45.   The center has opened negotiations with two universities, Emory in Atlanta and Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., about purchasing much of its collection.

46.   The Connecticut offer would have paid off in ways Kraft could have scarcely imagined before he opened negotiations with the Nutmeg State.

47.   The decision called on Lebanon to open negotiations on this.

48.   The gesture opened negotiations leading to agreements of complete immunity from prosecution for Ms. Lewinsky and her mother, Marcia Lewis.

49.   The New York Yankees have opened preliminary negotiations on a contract extension for Scott Brosius, the third baseman who could become a free agent after this season.

50.   The Pentagon has opened negotiations with the United Arab Emirates to store the equipment there instead.