1.  All three books are intriguing, but one key party has yet to be heard from.

2.  An executive at one key party in the talks, U.S.-based SBC Communications Inc., today suggested that CTC is far from a final agreement.

3.  But it seems to have been averted by careful negotiations between all key parties before construction began.

4.  In a small seminar room at Harvard Thursday, nearly all the key parties to the Northern Ireland conflict met to discuss political leadership.

5.  Most key parties in Northern Ireland took part in the talks, as did government representatives from Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

6.  President Clinton issued a statement hailing the agreement to which the federal Interior Department is a key party.

7.  A key ethnic Albanian party threatened to leave the governing coalition following a dispute Thursday over the extradition of an alleged rebel leader detained in Germany.

8.  A key Yugoslav party is threatening to block legislation meant to allow the extradition of Slobodan Milosevic and other Serbs sought by the U.N. war crimes tribunal.

9.  A draft of a new Algerian Constitution that outlaws political parties based on religion or language received a resounding rejection Thursday from key parties whose backing could be crucial.

10.  Battles to redraw political alliances threatened to pull apart a key centrist party Saturday as members split over whether to join a movement to challenge former Premier Silvio Berlusconi.