71.   One day, he hopes to complete his course work at Columbia and put his skills to use in labor negotiations.

72.   One of the reasons for this grueling impasse was the history of labor negotiations in this sport.

73.   Only with the latest labor negotiations has the city been able to cut the number of people picking up garbage.

74.   Owners might enter every labor negotiation banging their fists into tables demanding change.

75.   Q. After months of labor negotiations, which often were bitter and sometimes got personal, how does the league now recapture a good working relationship with the players?

76.   School board member Jeff Horton declined comment on the issue because it involved labor negotiations.

77.   Selig and Reinsdorf both have talked about the damage they felt commissioners have done owners in labor negotiations.

78.   Selig confirmed that labor negotiations have resumed in a secretive fashion without the glare of the news media.

79.   Selig denied that contraction is a ploy to gain leverage in the upcoming labor negotiations and said owners would not lock out players or impose a signing freeze.

80.   She said the protracted labor negotiations with producers this year did much to help the profile of the WGA and its members.