Is the winner locked in protracted talks with a tax planner, investment counselor, or lawyer?

Fallout from the protracted talks has been mounting.

In concentrated, protracted talks, he was renowned for skipping meals and even visits to the bathroom as he sat at the bargaining table.

Some Democrats said their patience for protracted talks was wearing thin.

They figure they're in for a series of protracted talks.

Many other nuclear arms might be cut without protracted talks.

Cablevision has held protracted talks with a number of companies about selling a large stake in the company.

After protracted talks Brown announced on 29 August that he was to sign a new contract in the next few weeks.

These owners, who make up management's negotiating team, had been left haggard by protracted talks that had ended earlier that day.

Had there been more progress, the result would have been protracted talks about political "reform".