71.   Harland said SEI wants to sit down with all the parties and negotiate a settlement, and could envision shared ownership of the East German utility.

72.   He is negotiating a settlement between Holocaust survivors and Swiss banks on the restitution of Jewish property stolen by Nazis.

73.   He declined to say whether the firm was negotiating a settlement in any of those cases.

74.   He said he had been negotiating a settlement before the suit was filed.

75.   He said the company would try to negotiate a settlement with Consumer Affairs and the state.

76.   He said the bank was still negotiating a settlement regarding questions about its handling of bank accounts owned by victims of the Holocaust.

77.   Her first goal, she said, was to negotiate the settlement with the states.

78.   House Speaker Newt Gingrich and others have argued that those who helped negotiate the settlement should not reap huge financial windfalls from the settlement.

79.   Hughes spokesman Richard Dore said Hughes negotiated a settlement of those allegations with the government to avoid a costly court fight.

80.   Hyde negotiated a settlement with FTC, while New Balance vowed to fight before an agency administrative law judge.