attempt to reach a settlement

But Vincent also has a responsibility and opportunity as the director of economic development to attempt to reach a settlement."

The mediation board must believe that all attempts to reach a settlement have been exhausted before it declares an impasse.

Gilroy told lawyers for both sides to consult with their clients over the weekend in an attempt to reach a settlement.

A recess in the trial will occur Aug. 24-28, and possibly then the sides can sit and once again attempt to reach a settlement.

Attempts to reach a settlement were unsuccessful, and the Clemenceau was sent to a shipbreaking harbor in England instead.

He approached the studio, Fox, in an attempt to reach a settlement agreement, but Fox has denied any similarity between the films.

Representatives of Microsoft, the Justice Department and 18 states that joined the suit informed the judge of a stalemate in their attempts to reach a settlement.

Repeated attempts to reach a settlement had failed, and, in October 1952, Mosaddegh declared Britain an enemy and cut all diplomatic relations.

Reginald took part in the negotiations in August and September 1169 that attempted to reach a settlement between Henry and Becket.

Ms. Dominguez, who twice appeared in court, along with Mr. Purcell, in earlier attempts to reach a settlement, praised the firm in a prepared statement.

The current peace talks in Belfast are the most sustained attempt to reach a settlement, but this book chronicles a numbing succession of previous truces, cease-fires and pledges to abandon violence that have broken down.

The Argentine and Chilean presidents met in Mendoza on 19 January 1978 and they agreed to meet again in March in a definitive attempt to reach a settlement through direct negotiation.

The attempt to reach a settlement at Athens fell through, as the Athenians were unwilling to allow their loyal ally Methymna to be subjugated by the Mytileneans, and the Athenian fleet blockaded Mytilene by sea.

Yugov was a prominent figure in the BCP during the Second World War and attempted to reach a settlement with Marshal Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia regarding co-operation between both countries' communists.

Negotiations on resolving this issue and on the shape of elections were held this week in Cairo, and Mr. Rabin and Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, are expected to meet soon in an attempt to reach a settlement.

Jim Quinn, the players' lead attorney, and Paul Tagliabue, the N.F.L. commissioner, have met at least four times in recent weeks including once two days ago, in attempts to reach a settlement that would pave the way for a new collective bargaining agreement.

Indeed, G.M., which has rebuffed Volkswagen in its attempts to reach a settlement, said in a statement yesterday that the indictment showed that attempts by VW to "characterize the affair as a private matter of Mr. Lopez are misleading."

'Wild' Charlie Mander, the British consul, and Sheriff Felipe Almodovar, the self-styled 'Law South of Tierra del Fuego,'met for talks in an attempt to reach a settlement, but tempers rose and shots were exchanged.

A1 LAST-DITCH EFFORT IN PEACE TALKS With Bosnian peace talks at a standoff, Administration officials said Secretary of State Warren Christopher will begin a last-ditch attempt to reach a settlement.

Ludendorff privately conceded that Germany could no longer win a war of attrition, yet he was not ready to give up the German gains in the West and East and was one of the main obstacles to the German government's attempts to reach a settlement with the Western Allies.

Antitrust concerns first began bubbling in 2008, when Google attempted to form a long-term partnership with Yahoo; they came to the fore again as Google attempted to reach a settlement with book publishers over its plans to scan and make searchable the contents of every book it could get its hands on.