"You would not find one element that we are not cooperating on, but we are only halfway through a five-year transition," he said.

Why not a five-year transition for rent regulations?

"We are used to two- , three- , even five-year transitions, so 10 months seems bearable."

Dr. Langdon, Mr. Golden said, "has been our president throughout a demanding five-year transition which has positioned the museum for the future."

This would be plainly intended to reassure the white minority as a 400-seat assembly wrote a new constitution during the five-year transition.

The commission met today to assess the problems in the first voting in Nigeria's five-year transition from military to civilian rule.

Before the attempted coup, Mr. Gorbachev seemed to accept the principle of Baltic sovereignty but demanded a five-year transition to independence.

As part of a five-year transition from the traditional monopolies to a competitive market, New York's utilities are being radically reorganized.

President Mikhail S. Gorbachev and his Cabinet today approved plans to double average food prices as part of a gradual, five-year transition to a "regulated market economy."

The deal also commits Con Edison to cutting its rates during a five-year transition to full competition.