1.   Aides said Clinton hoped to lend Yeltsin a helping hand by downplaying stubborn disputes that dog a post-Cold War partnership.

2.   Agreement was reached after U.S. negotiators presented Balkan leaders with a last-ditch proposal to overcome a stubborn territorial dispute.

3.   Agreement was reached after U.S. negotiators presented Balkan leaders with a last-ditch proposal to overcome a stubborn territorial dispute blocking a Bosnian peace agreement.

4.   However, a stubborn dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh threatened to torpedo the adoption.

5.   Negotiators worked until midnight Monday and resumed meeting Tuesday morning to try to resolve stubborn disputes holding up completion of the new constitution.

6.   The officials set aside some stubborn disputes, including the bid by U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali for a second five-year term beginning next year.

7.   U.S. negotiators presented Balkan leaders with a last-ditch proposal Tuesday to overcome a stubborn territorial dispute blocking a Bosnian peace agreement.

8.   In the following stage, Israel and a Palestinian state would discuss the stubborn disputes over borders, Jerusalem, refugees and settlements.