41.   Deputy White House Counsel Bruce Lindsey has been monitoring the talks for the president.

42.   Delta and ALPA have been in talks for more than a year but only recently exchanged initial wage proposals.

43.   Doubts about a U.S. budget accord emerged after Clinton and Republicans decided Tuesday to suspend budget talks for up to a week.

44.   Don Carty, the American Airlines president at the center of the contract talks for months, seemed both relieved and delighted.

45.   Elarton, whose talent and potential were enough for the Astros to pull out of trade talks for Clemens, figures to only improve.

46.   Executives at the companies had been in talks for more than a month.

47.   Expansion, a well-regarded business daily, cited unidentified people close to the talks for its report.

48.   Even listened to Selig talk for almost an hour, including the latest of his non-denial denials about being the acting commissioner.

49.   Fine talk for a box-office bonanza like this.

50.   German and British exchange officials have been in talks for years about forming a long-term relationship.