51.   Many observers expect the talks to drag on for years, given the mistrust between South Korea and the isolated Communist North.

52.   Meanwhile, fighting has intensified as the talks drag on.

53.   Mordell said on Chicago television station WTTW that the longer talks drag on the less time the tracks will have to come up with a decent racing schedule.

54.   Since then, despite high-power diplomacy, the talks have dragged on, with international mediators putting most of the blame for the slow progress on the Serbian side.

55.   South Korea fears that once a temporary agreement is made, the territorial talks will drag on.

56.   Talks could drag on for weeks as they did last winter before Motherland and True Path formed their shaky alliance in March to block Welfare from power.

57.   Talks have dragged on late into the night the past few days in Beijing, with officials several times saying that an agreement was near.

58.   Talks have dragged on since and have accomplished little, except to allow the army to surround the Zapatistas in a region known as the Lacandon jungle.

59.   Talks had dragged into the early morning hours.

60.   Talks have dragged on for some four years, at one point stalling for two years when Vietnam refused to permit more than one U.S. carrier into the country.