1.   And that may foster the mutual admiration they forged last year during the heat of budget negotiations before Dole resigned as Senate majority leader.

2.   Both communications companies confirmed they are in talks to merge and plan to announce the results of their negotiations before Monday.

3.   Both Microsoft and the Justice Department have kept a tight lid on their settlement negotiations before Posner.

4.   Czech government officials complained that the protesters had lied to them when they promised peaceful sit-ins during marathon negotiations before the meetings.

5.   If the Arab world insists on making him the central Arab interlocutor rather than a figurehead, it will be a long negotiation before Palestinian statehood.

6.   In negotiations before the Evander Holyfield-Michael Moorer fight, an executive with HBO expressed concern that his company might lose money.

7.   Once that is done, they will have nine months to work out a clear schedule of negotiations before the Santiago summit, said the Canadian trade official.

8.   Stern has rekindled dead negotiations before.

9.   The codes were used during secret negotiations before the two companies announced their deal on Monday, spokesmen said.

10.   The three leaders said Friday that they hoped to complete their budget negotiations before Memorial Day.