They noted that Bertelsmann and Warner had agreed to extend for several weeks an agreement to negotiate with each other exclusively.

The Yankees then began negotiating exclusively with the Diamondbacks and expressed optimism that they would ultimately land Johnson during the off-season.

The right to negotiate exclusively with MGM will last about two more weeks, the executive said.

This aspiration was put to successive meetings, until in 1599 the kingdom's audience accepted the Galician cities' demands, and agreed to negotiate exclusively that subject.

Shane Reynolds was negotiating exclusively with the Mets last weekend before the team refused to increase the term of its offer to the pitcher.

They have not been eliminated from consideration, he said, but St. John will negotiate exclusively with Columbia for nine months.

Under that agreement, Vickers pledged to negotiate exclusively with BMW over the next 30 days to reach a binding contract.

Today's verbal crossfire began when Administration officials insisted that the United States would not negotiate directly and exclusively with the Sandinistas on peace issues.

The British government said yesterday that it was negotiating exclusively with E.D.S. and its partners over the first phase of its communications systems overhaul.

After the World Series ended, they had 15 days in which to negotiate with Hampton exclusively, but did not improve their offer from before spring training.