Montreal, despite last-minute talks with the Expo 17 organization, declined.

They jammed a room for a last-minute talk on how to repair their frayed lifestyles.

But it took a last-minute talk by the Steelers' president, Dan Rooney, to convince several reluctant teams.

After intense last-minute talks, Mr. Icahn was the only major participant in the huge case to oppose any aspect of Texaco's plan.

In a measure of how complicated the negotiations on the plan were, the news conference was delayed two times while last-minute talks continued.

A breakthrough came after last-minute talks at the premier's office.

Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto flew to Washington today to take part in the last-minute talks.

An estimated 20,000 of the country's 65,000 unionized bank workers went on strike today, as reports circulated about last-minute talks between the union and government.

With the collapse of last-minute talks Monday night, there is now little chance that the holdouts will take part in the elections set for April 27.

If the players support their negotiators, it could fuel last-minute talks before Thursday's deadline.