51.   Emerging from the meeting, players and officials suddenly referred to the agreement as a proposal.

52.   Emerging from their meeting, players and union officials suddenly referred to the agreement as a proposal.

53.   From the left, Sen. Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, one of the most ardent liberals in Congress, condemned the entire agreement as grossly unfair.

54.   Gerald Levin, the chairman and chief executive of Time Warner, described the agreement as unprecedented.

55.   German lawmakers see such an agreement as essential to placating the Bundesbank and winning over a skeptical German public.

56.   Gay and lesbian rights groups praised the plea agreement as fair and benevolent.

57.   Garrison signed a confidentiality agreement as part of a settlement of the case, in which Bloomberg paid her an undisclosed amount of money.

58.   Groups like the National Shooting Sports Foundation viewed the agreement as betrayal of their joint efforts to discuss the problem with cities.

59.   He arranged for the first nationwide contract for the many warehouses of the Kroger supermarket chain, although Hoffa attacked that agreement as inadequate.

60.   He then appeared on television with President Bush, who hailed the agreement as a bipartisan triumph.