61.   Major-league owners have yet to negotiate a new labor agreement with the players union.

62.   Negotiations on a new labor agreement, which had been conducted in relative secrecy until MLB broke off talks last June, are scheduled to resume next month.

63.   Neither the league nor the NBA Players Association expects to make much headway toward the signing of a new labor agreement.

64.   National Hockey League players may be locked out as they fitfully try to negotiate a new labor agreement.

65.   Namely, that while new labor toughness might be a blessing for America, it might also be a disaster, but only time would tell.

66.   Negotiations to reach a new labor accord have dragged on since spring.

67.   Now that Machinists have ratified the new labor agreement, Boeing will ramp up its output.

68.   One draft of the new labor law would have recognized the legality of the group, but the final draft delayed that recognition for three years.

69.   One person who attended the nine-hour union executive board meeting said it would be premature to say the new labor agreement was unraveling.

70.   One of the cornerstones of the new labor agreement, the drug program created a stir from the start.