1.   The less skilled negotiator prefers to leave things vague and ambiguous fearing that explicitness will jeopardize any agreement.

2.   As recently as last week, Morales insisted severance would jeopardize the agreement.

3.   A merger with Indra, partly controlled by Siemens competitor Thomson-CSF, was seen as jeopardizing the agreement with Siemens.

4.   But both politicians, with their constituencies in mind, continued to criticize each other and to say that any agreement was jeopardized by the other side.

5.   But such a delay could jeopardize an agreement by giving opponents all summer to demand changes.

6.   Earlier, NEMC had said that without the contract, an agreement might be jeopardized.

7.   Environmentalists are concerned that the proposal could jeopardize recent agreements to protect wildlife and water quality in the Sacramento Delta and San Francisco Bay.

8.   The report, by Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman, said current subsidies distorted the market and could jeopardize trade agreements.

9.   A revival of the exercises could jeopardize the agreement.

10.   He cautioned other international military agreements could be jeopardized.