41.   If talks fail, Japan will be forced to consider tit-for-tat sanctions of its own, they said.

42.   If talks fail, the local may ask Saturn workers again if they want to scrap the Saturn contract and put themselves under the national contract.

43.   If the talks fail, many observers believe a steep escalation of violence will be inevitable.

44.   If the talks fail, the dollar will fall, he and others said.

45.   If the talks fail, the settlement will be imposed through arbitration, which could take as much as eight more months.

46.   If those talks fail, the Association of Flight Attendants has threatened to begin unannounced spot walkouts on AirTran flights this weekend.

47.   If talks with LILCO fail, LIPA Chairman James F. Gill warned, the authority could start condemnation proceedings to seize it.

48.   If the local talks fail, Dayton could be the site of another strike by the UAW.

49.   If the talks fail, it is unlikely that Thinking Machines will survive, said the executives, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

50.   If the talks fail, officials here have warned that they are willing to place Daewoo Corp., a core unit of Daewoo Group, under court receivership.