81.   If Zeroual did indeed begin talks with the Islamic Salvation Front, it would amount to an astonishing step.

82.   In fact, Tivoli said it had first begun talks with Lotus before that company agreed to be bought by IBM.

83.   In December, on the eve of the passage of the telecommunications bill, the two companies began talks again.

84.   In mid-July, states such as Massachusetts with pending civil suits began direct talks with the industry.

85.   In November, Kansas City Power agreed to begin merger talks with Western.

86.   In May, Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. envoy, persuaded Milosevic to begin direct talks with the Albanian leadership.

87.   In November, Kansas City Power agreed to begin merger talks with Western Resources.

88.   In the next couple of weeks, the Nets are scheduled to begin talks with the New Jersey Sports and Exhibition Authority on lease concessions.

89.   In the last three months, the Russian side has refused to begin peace talks with any Chechen commander or official, including the elected president Aslan Maskhadov.

90.   India responded positively, but the two sides never began talks.