1.   Mandela has been reluctant to draw backfrom a busy schedule of political talks since his release from prison.

2.   Bank of Boston has been reported to be in talks since early August.

3.   Continental and the International Association of Continental Pilots have been in contract talks since April.

4.   Earlier this month, both nations described the result of their first aviation talks since August in positive terms.

5.   He later met separately with Netanyahu and Arafat before bringing the two leaders together for their first face-to-face talks since Friday.

6.   McCurry said that the two sides spoke last night but there have been no talks since.

7.   Smith said there have been no contract talks since Friday, when his formal offer was presented by telephone.

8.   Such conscientiousness may make us forget that there have been no budget talks since last week.

9.   The company and the union have been in talks since May when the previous contract expired.

10.   The company has been in talks since last year with America Online Inc., which operates in Europe under a joint venture with Bertelsmann AG.