He has struck an agreement with 9 of the 15 Soviet republics to decentralize political and economic power.

She does not want to appear too eager to strike an agreement, always a dangerous negotiating stance.

Williams said, now that he had struck a one-year, $5.25 million agreement for 1997, it was time to put aside business and focus on baseball.

"It is unlikely we could strike an agreement they would all observe."

By the time the two sides struck an agreement, Bloomberg needed twice as much space.

In other words, both sides must find a way to strike an agreement that they can sell at home as a political victory.

It should be noted, that, though these companies struck an agreement with the union, none of them were operating.

In our "time," your people and mine have struck an agreement.

Even if the negotiators themselves could strike an agreement, they would have to find the votes for it in the sharply partisan House.

With that in mind, neither side was willing estimate how long it would take to strike an agreement.