"I don't know how this is going to come out," Thorn, the team's primary negotiator, said yesterday.

Complicating these negotiations could be the impending departure of Paul Beeston, baseball's chief operating officer, who has been the clubs' primary negotiator.

As Attorney-General, he had been a primary negotiator for Ontario in the Trudeau era constitutional negotiations.

Rod Thorn, the Nets' president and primary negotiator, spoke to Schwartz yesterday afternoon but would not discuss whether he extended an offer.

He also served as the primary German negotiator in the Maastricht Treaty negotiations.

The first contact is generally the primary negotiator throughout the entire siege.

By the early 1990s, she was the union's primary negotiator in UFT contract negotiations.

Lauren Rich, one of the primary negotiators through the long-running dispute, was one of the union people who came to appreciate Levine's skills.

"She felt this was the best place to make her statement about wars," said Detective Anton Petrek, one of the primary negotiators.

The primary negotiator for Messier is his father, Doug.