61.   The union delayed the strike because it had expected to resume negotiations at a meeting Monday with a federal mediator.

62.   Then every other free-agent slugger would have been starting negotiations at a lower figure.

63.   There were no negotiations at that time.

64.   They urged that a broad accord to throw open financial markets around the world under negotiation at the World Trade Organization be completed by the end of this year.

65.   They did little beyond reasserting the goals of the agreement, and continuing negotiations at a lower level hold out only minimal hope.

66.   White House officials and leaders of Congress are preparing to restart balanced-budget negotiations at the end of the week.

67.   With negotiations at a virtual standstill since late last week, the Republican governor and the Democratic speaker have devoted most of this week to finger-pointing.

68.   PACIFIC Bank Bhd is not in any merger negotiations at present but is keeping an open mind on mergers, chairman Choi Siew Hong said.

69.   Outside court, NFL attorney Allen Ruby said the Raiders had talked about leaving Los Angeles several times before the negotiations at Hollywood Park broke down.

70.   Peres said he had to halt negotiations at the start of the Sabbath, when religious Jews are forbidden to work.