41.   Creative Artists executives said Sunday that no deal had been reached by Bronfman and Ovitz, who are friends.

42.   Daschle said Thursday that if a deal is reached soon he would call on the Senate to pass the measure swiftly.

43.   Delta has lobbied for an emergency board if no deal is reached.

44.   Earlier this year, Zarb reached deals to fold the American Stock Exchange and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange into NASD as companion exchanges to Nasdaq.

45.   Edmund Pendleton, a spokesman for Credit Suisse, confirmed that the banks had reached the deal with Washington.

46.   Even if a handshake deal were reached soon, it would take at least another week to draft and enact the budget.

47.   Even when a deal is reached here, it will take at least two days for workers to vote on its ratification and return to their jobs.

48.   Finally, a government-to-government deal was reached.

49.   Financial experts in Tokyo said Saturday that merger talks were continuing, but they also cautioned that no deal had been reached and that many obstacles remained.

50.   For Nynex, reaching interconnection deals with long-distance companies is an essential part of its strategy to enter the long-distance business itself.