71.   But the agreement may provide the basis for an eventual peace settlement.

72.   But the administration remains under pressure from European allies and moderate Arab states to offer its own plan and timetable for a peace settlement.

73.   But the desire to build a Jewish consensus in favor of any permanent peace settlement could exclude the Arab bloc, analysts say.

74.   But when the Serbs continued to spurn a peace settlement, the divisions between Washington and its allies sharpened.

75.   China repeated its insistence that NATO stop the bombing before any negotiations for a peace settlement could begin.

76.   Clinton also reiterated an earlier pledge to provide thousands of U.S. troops as part of a larger NATO force to police a final peace settlement.

77.   Clinton has pursued a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement between Israel and all its Arab neighbors since he took office.

78.   Clinton also reiterated an earlier pledge to provide thousands of U.S. troops as part of a larger NATO force to police any final peace settlement.

79.   Clinton and Blair also have taken personal and political risks to encourage a peace settlement in Northern Ireland.

80.   Clinton has eagerly sought a Mideast peace settlement before his term ends in January.