41.   But if all-party talks actually begin in September, it may not be.

42.   But Israeli and U.S. officials suggested that they were working on a formula for those talks to begin almost immediately.

43.   But it was not until after Kraft signed his record-setting stadium deal in Connecticut earlier this year that those talks began to gain momentum.

44.   But Microsoft refused even to discuss the idea, so structural remedies were taken off the table almost before the talks began.

45.   But new talks cannot begin without a cease-fire in Bihac.

46.   But she said nothing about being willing to stop the fighting before peace talks began.

47.   But talks would begin only after the Duma ratifies START II.

48.   But the final talks have not begun.

49.   But the leading express delivery company said the union had declined its offer of binding arbitration when talks began in July, and that now it was too late.

50.   But talks had scarcely begun when a deep split became apparent, as the French resisted the idea of each partner shifting planemaking assets into a new Airbus.