1.   After many weeks of negotiations, of course, the parties may be taking tough stances and then letting the news media know simply as a bargaining tactic.

2.   Several people involved in the negotiations said that DFS might have issued the statement as a bargaining tactic and that it might re-enter the picture later.

3.   That may have been a last-minute bargaining tactic, because Silverstein appeared to have relented Wednesday afternoon.

4.   Unfortunately, North Korea has learned to use threats of menacing behavior as a bargaining tactic to extort economic and diplomatic rewards.

5.   With that in mind, or perhaps merely as a bargaining tactic, some WHite House aides say censure may be unworkable,

6.   Or it could be a bargaining tactic in extracting better terms from the state authority.

7.   And it could ensure future hostage-taking as a bargaining tactic.

8.   Keeping long hours is a time-honored bargaining tactic at Middle East summits.

9.   Kohl suggested Moscow may be taking a tough public line partly as a bargaining tactic.

10.   Such acquiescence, however, would assure future hostage-taking as a bargaining tactic.