51.   North Korea has agreed to freeze its nuclear program while the negotiations are taking place.

52.   One bondholder said he was not surprised that the negotiations were taking so long.

53.   Peres and Arafat approved the agreement in a brief ceremony this afternoon in Taba, Egypt, a Red Sea resort where the final negotiations took place.

54.   Rebel leaders had told the media that they would demand ransom and that negotiations could take six months to a year.

55.   Settlement negotiations can take many forms.

56.   Should Messier return from a fishing trip, it is possible that face-to-face negotiations could take place.

57.   Some negotiations take years, if not decades.

58.   Spokesmen for HBO and Showtime said they would neither confirm or deny that negotiations were taking place.

59.   The Bret Boone negotiations could take a turn today.

60.   The negotiations are taking place, but talks, even with a mediator, have failed before.