1.   After seeing how Gretzky signed with the Rangers after failed negotiations with the Blues, they are glad they did.

2.   After some failed negotiations, my daughter became frustrated and started screaming at him.

3.   But the failed negotiations represent a setback for the company.

4.   But this week, after a series of failed negotiations, the commission decided it was time to get tough.

5.   During the failed negotiations the Democrats objected primarily to the insistence by Republicans that the witness depositions be videotaped and presented publicly should the Senate vote to do so.

6.   Finally, something good occurred for the Mets, after a series of mishaps and failed negotiations.

7.   If the deal fell through, it would represent another failed negotiation, since Time Warner has been unable to restructure its relationship with U S West Inc.

8.   In the last failed negotiations, Yasser Arafat walked away from generous offers.

9.   It had been a failed negotiation, but it had been a remarkable one as well, and already Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were talking about getting together again.

10.   Local officials said the battle followed failed negotiations to persuade a group of tribesmen to hand over a group of Qaida suspects.