51.   Actually, successful talks in Dayton would mark the third time in this century that the United States has brokered a peace settlement.

52.   Administration officials said that telegraphing NATO military strategy in Kosovo is designed to coerce the Serbs into halting their military offensive in Kosovo and accepting a peace settlement.

53.   After elections, Bush promised international support for a provisional Palestinian state until a final negotiated peace settlement can be achieved.

54.   After arduous negotiations, a peace settlement for Northern Ireland was finally reached Friday because the opposing sides interpreted the provisions as ensuring their own future political control.

55.   All of this has made decisions on how to treat Jerusalem in a peace settlement extraordinarily difficult.

56.   Broader issues related to advancing a peace settlement were set aside.

57.   Bush has never met with Arafat, but he has endorsed Palestinian statehood as part of a comprehensive peace settlement.

58.   But at the least, they hope he will secure a long cease-fire that would provide a backdrop for negotiations toward a final peace settlement.

59.   But Belgrade has accepted the principles before, and everyone acknowledges that putting them into a substantive, detailed peace settlement is the difficulty.

60.   But both said the peace settlement was the best opportunity for peace in Northern Ireland and stressed that they were still hoping for a resolution.