Officials said the soldiers had been taken by surprise after a drawn-out negotiation with local tribesmen to turn over the suspected terrorists.

Starfleet doesn't want us tied up in long, drawn-out negotiations, and the Federation just wants a team of professional diplomats in on this.

The drawn-out negotiations reflect deep divisions mainly among Slovak leaders.

The person, who requested anonymity, said the company was frustrated by the drawn-out negotiations with the independent film studio.

In France, reaction to the drawn-out negotiation has been muted.

My problem with the State Department is that they spend most of their time in this area in long, drawn-out international negotiations.

"The best part," he continued, "is that it isn't all being made conditional on long, drawn-out negotiations."

Although the drawn-out negotiations are delaying bargaining to fine-tune the contract at each plant, local leaders said they were not impatient.

They all worked very hard through difficult and drawn-out negotiations to achieve this agreement.

For Delta, however, it was too late to avoid costly, drawn-out negotiations.