61.   Pataki and legislative leaders directed their staffs to work through the night to try to seal some deals.

62.   Public interest sealed the deal.

63.   Scent would have sealed any deal.

64.   So, dowdy utilities are getting into fighting shape -- merging, cutting costs and sealing foreign deals.

65.   That promise sealed the deal.

66.   The bidder offering the biggest royalties and the lowest price would seal the deal.

67.   The companies expect to formally seal the deal by the end of the year.

68.   The deal was sealed over a weekend in early March.

69.   The deal was sealed Sunday night in a phone call, which went thusly, according to both men.

70.   The deal was sealed.