61.   But it presumes that the negotiations, to be held at a hotel in Shepherdstown, W.Va., will bear fruit in the next few months.

62.   But its analysts took a decidedly skeptical view of prospects for negotiating a settlement, though talks did eventually bear fruit.

63.   But once fruit bearing begins, usually three to four years after planting, persimmons become somewhat self-pruning as they naturally drop some branches that have borne fruit.

64.   But only now has the new operating system project begun to bear fruit.

65.   But it sure must have been a lonely time for Bolt Beranek Chief Executive George H. Conrades while he waited for his high-risk strategy to bear fruit.

66.   But partnerships would be slower to bear fruit than outright sale of the unit.

67.   But it will not continue to bear fruit unless each generation helps renew it.

68.   But recent advances in Europe coincide with cautious indications that the interrogation of Zubaydah could bear fruit.

69.   But she sees great potential for the future if Merrill figures out the Internet and its international expansion bears fruit.

70.   But sometimes these things take a good while to bear fruit.