1.   Many people see the failed talks as a missed opportunity for peace.

2.   We made arrangements to give several talks as a way of paying some of our expenses.

3.   After their meeting, both men described the talks as frank, friendly and constructive.

4.   Fears grew that the failure to resolve the agricultural dispute would threaten agreement in other areas and possibly jeopardize the talks as a whole.

5.   Wilson described the talks as splendid and said that all sides had engaged in hard, thorough and committed work but all parties observed diplomatic silence on details.

6.   Harbah described the talks as productive.

7.   I will put your talk as first item on the agenda so you can leave if you wish at the end of the talk.

8.   It welcomed the Slessor talks as a model for non-military as well as defence issues -- evidently hoping that greater frankness in informal meetings would satisfy British aspirations.

9.   An impasse over the question of charging the affluent elderly more for their health insurance would not imperil the budget talks as a whole.

10.   Anatoly Chubais, the lead Russian negotiator, described the round-the-clock talks as the most difficult ever held between the Yeltsin government and the IMF.