After contentious negotiations with Park, the task force has received an agreement from the demolishers that gives them time to raise money.

"Virtually all of our time is spent in contentious negotiations."

The settlement, which ends contentious negotiations, caps a year of investigation into the mutual fund industry.

Determining the respective value does seem to take a lot of lawyers though, even for less contentious negotiations.

In any case, it appears that the two nations now face contentious negotiations on competitive strategies for future energy technologies.

After contentious negotiations, Jackson was signed for the 1997-98 season only.

It serves as a starting point for what almost certainly will be complicated, contentious negotiations with the City Council and, in particular, the unions.

It is bound to be a contentious negotiation.

They did, and five months later, after sometimes contentious negotiations that at one point nearly fell apart over price, agreed to merge.

After contentious negotiations, the new government is set to sign a treaty today with Australia.