1.   America West Airlines employees, some still stinging from tense union negotiations, cheered a possible United Airlines buyout that they said would bring them higher pay.

2.   And Adams says he now is open to Dooley remaining athletics director beyond the controversial retirement date that was established in those tense negotiations.

3.   A day of tense negotiations ended on Thursday evening with no resolution in sight.

4.   A period of tense negotiation ensued in full view of the Serbian and Bosnian snipers perched in the surrounding buildings.

5.   Administration officials hailed the agreement -- worked out over three weeks of tense negotiations -- as a breakthrough.

6.   But after the tense behind-the-scenes negotiations Monday, the talk and actions Tuesday seemed to foster compromise.

7.   Capt. David Eiland, commander of Company K, said he first asked them to turn over their weapons voluntarily, beginning two hours of tense negotiations.

8.   Labor and management representatives held tense negotiations late into the night.

9.   One pilot died and the other pilot was released only after tense negotiations between the two countries.

10.   Previous agreements were also the product of tense negotiations, the official said.