1.   AMR President Donald Carty told U.K. legislators at a hearing last year that it might renew talks with Air France if the pact were blocked.

2.   American warned the legislators that it would renew alliance talks with Air France if its pact with BA were blocked.

3.   American has said it might renew alliance talks with Air France if the BA pact is blocked.

4.   At that point, Murff and Thompson said, they decided to contact Norwest, their first choice for a merger partner, to renew talks.

5.   Barak aides said the time out would likely scuttle American plans to bring Palestinian and Israeli negotiators together within two weeks to consider renewing peace talks.

6.   But last year, after the state legislature passed a measure guaranteeing that the state would cover educational expenses, the towns renewed their talks and eventually agreed.

7.   Chernomyrdin immediately honored a pledge to renew peace talks, dispatching two high-level negotiators Sunday afternoon to the Chechen capital of Grozny.

8.   Christopher said the three countries had agreed to renew peace talks so that the interim understanding could lead to something more meaningful and long term.

9.   Clinton has pledged to renew those talks.

10.   Early bets are that Lycos will renew merger talks with a media partner.