A cooling-off period of, say, six weeks could be imposed by application to the courts and this would allow negotiations and talks to continue.

If a bill allowing negotiations got through Congress, it could face a presidential veto, depending on its details.

She had apparently broken through an impasse and found a formula that would allow direct Israeli-Syrian negotiations to resume after nearly four years.

They asked that the settlement not be put in effect for 90 days to allow further negotiations.

The winners of the Jan. 30 elections, particularly the Shiites, have come under intense criticism for allowing negotiations over a new government to drag on.

The expansion plan will allow negotiations with major air carriers about establishing more regularly scheduled service from cities around the country.

In theory this would allow negotiations until a "shelf agreement" defining peace would be obtained.

I am here to take an initiative that I hope, with your help, will defuse the tensions and allow serious negotiations to start.

Diplomats, led by Americans, thought that if the Government halted their attacks, the rebels would honor a cease-fire, allowing negotiations.

He added, "The ball is in President Milosevic's court to create the conditions that will allow serious negotiations to begin."