The Flyers' owner found his patience tried by the difficult negotiating process with the Soviet officials.

If other responsible Republicans join them, a reasonable negotiating process would be at hand.

I'm not into making a long negotiating process.

Over 12 years as Governor, though, he has grown too comfortable with the closed negotiating process.

"The international negotiating process is on the rocks and shipwrecked," one Western diplomat here said.

Throughout the long negotiating process, the opinions of the principal bargaining parties tended to drive events, rather than to reflect them.

However, tomorrow you will be voting on the result of an intensive and productive negotiating process.

If no progress is made in Cancún, the entire negotiating process will be in danger.

"We weren't there during the whole negotiating process," Sohn said.

Now is the time to start an intense negotiating process to persuade countries of the board to proceed by consensus.