81.   Fast track trade authority allows presidents to negotiate trade agreements without congressional amendments, and Clinton has offered lawmakers in return more of a role in forging those agreements.

82.   Fast-track authority would give the president the power to negotiate trade agreements that could be approved or rejected by Congress, but not modified.

83.   Fast-track legislation allows the president to negotiate trade agreements that Congress cannot amend.

84.   Feeling the rising political pressure, the Clinton administration took action against Japan and Brazil for dumping steel, and negotiated an agreement to cut Russian exports.

85.   Executives for the two companies began negotiating their agreement three weeks ago, though Bersema said they had previously discussed a merger as much as nine months ago.

86.   Fast track allows the president to negotiate trade agreements and then submit them for a yes-or-no vote from Congress.

87.   Formal FTC approval was expected, after the companies negotiated an agreement in July with agency antitrust staff lawyers.

88.   For full normalcy they still have to negotiate agreements on trade, investment protection, dispute resolution, commercial practices, navigation, taxation and extradition matters.

89.   For Moore and others who helped negotiate the agreement, however, time remains of the essence.

90.   Gay advocacy groups, which negotiated the agreement with the state, hailed it as an important step toward full recognition of gay and lesbian parental rights.