1.   Assistant Secretary of State Richard C. Holbrooke, who negotiated the accords and who leaves the government on Wednesday, will represent the United States.

2.   Blanc had negotiated an accord to that effect, though it was never signed.

3.   Businesses want it renewed so Clinton can move quickly to negotiate trade accords, particularly in Latin America.

4.   But Estonia is negotiating an accord with Russia, and in much of the rest of Europe the headlong rush toward ethnic conflict appears to be slowing.

5.   But instead he unnerved them by saying he would prefer to delay carrying out Wye until the pending final status accords were negotiated.

6.   But with Montesinos out of the picture, it now becomes easier for the Fujimori government to negotiate an accord with the opposition for new elections.

7.   But Thursday, one of the key diplomats who negotiated the accord expressed pessimism about whether it would survive until Monday.

8.   Clinton is talking about increased trade in the absence of fast-track authority that would enable him to negotiate free trade accords in the region.

9.   Clinton wants lawmakers in Washington to give him special fast-track authority to negotiate similar accords with other countries.

10.   Clinton is trying to persuade Congress to give him fast-track authority to negotiate such accords.