41.   I have been told that before finally deciding to fire Chernomyrdin, Yeltsin had a secret meeting with bankers.

42.   In November Hussein and Peres signed understandings on economic ties and other forms of cooperation at a secret meeting in Amman.

43.   In the opinion of some owners, the new proposal made by the players last week in a secret meeting was a step backward in labor negotiations.

44.   Instead, players were voting on the agreement reached between Stern and Hunter following an all-night secret meeting at NBA headquarters.

45.   It was an offer made in a secret meeting weeks ago, before Mussina even began negotiations with the Yankees.

46.   It offers a succession of secret meetings and private dinners.

47.   Jackson criticized the East Coast news media for making an issue of his secret meeting in April with Dave Checketts, the Madison Square Garden president.

48.   Kickback and cover-up schemes were hatched in secret meetings and on scraps of paper that were later burned or shredded, court documents say.

49.   Last Wednesday, Armato acted as a sort of liaison for the two principals, letting Stern and Hunter use his Los Angeles offices for a secret meeting.

50.   Laila Abro of Warren, Mich., said she was dropped from her condominium board after a secret meeting.