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achieve a settlement

The company reached a settlement with the women in 1991.

But I have decided to make every effort to reach a settlement.

The state and the county reached a settlement in August 2007.

A few days later both parties were able to reach a settlement.

Last week, the company reached a settlement with the government on many of those claims.

Time Warner has reached a settlement on a different front.

In August, the company said it had reached a settlement.

State officials said lawyers are expected to reach a settlement soon.

Both sides say they are far from reaching a settlement.

Outside of the judge's house, other matters had reached a settlement.

But the terms required that the couple reach a settlement before it became final.

The company reached a settlement that will allow workers to vote on the kind of break system to be used.

The bank has not been charged, but is expected to reach a settlement with the government.

On April 18, 2012, the two reached a settlement agreement.

Later that month he reached a settlement on the civil charges.

Microsoft is expected to try to reach a settlement during this process.

For the government, there is perhaps one incentive to try to reach a settlement.

Two university unions reached a settlement last week and returned to work.

Many labor experts say the best opportunity to reach a settlement is over the next few days.

He died, however, on January 18, 1423 before reaching a settlement.

But there was no indication of how long it would take to reach a settlement.

Efforts are still being made to reach a settlement, according to lawyers for both sides.

The commission had its own reasons for being willing to reach a settlement.

"My expectation is we will reach a settlement right at the table," he said.

At one point, a court date for March 2013 has been set if the parties could not reach a settlement.

There is an urgent need to speed up diplomatic efforts to achieve a settlement.

Mr. Clinton had his own powerful motives for achieving a settlement.

This breakthrough has apparently advanced American diplomatic efforts to achieve a settlement.

Set your opening move too low or unambitious and it will be difficult later to achieve a settlement well away from this starting point.

It plans to issue a protective writ but is hoping to achieve a settlement.

But our intent is to bargain to achieve a settlement that will be fair to both sides."

On October 31, 1997, a conference call between the principals failed to achieve a settlement, and the judge postponed the trial to 1998.

Despite Johnson's efforts to end Communist aggression and achieve a settlement, fighting continued.

My second example is: how does the presidency intend to achieve a settlement of the so-called net contributor debate?

After a second bankruptcy, the club managed to achieve a settlement and accommodation with its creditors in September 2008, ensuring its survival.

The judge helped achieve a settlement that saved Westinghouse $1 billion while permitting the utilities to receive the promised goods.

And it cannot achieve a settlement with the Palestinians until it agrees to meet with representatives the Palestinians themselves accept.

The Security Council members said that because of increased fighting in Cambodia, "there is an urgent need to speed up diplomatic efforts to achieve a settlement."

And lawyers who teach this session emphasize how intrusive the state can become in parents' lives when, rather then achieving a settlement themselves, they defer to a judge.

Mr. Izetbegovic said today that he would go to the Ohio talks prepared to stay as long as was necessary to achieve a settlement.

That would greatly diminish the pressure on Vietnam and the Hun Sen Government to make the concessions needed to achieve a settlement.

Creation of a board of inquiry "could clarify the issues that have kept the parties apart" and achieve a settlement "without strikes or lockouts," union officials said.

His last act was to advise his son and heir, Håkon Sverresson, to achieve a settlement with the Church.

The British foreign secretary, Jack Straw, is flying to Turkey on Tuesday to seek Ankara's help in achieving a settlement.

"We were pleased that we were able to achieve a settlement that is within national norms and that we were able to afford."

Their presence, officials said, is intended as much to convey a sense of American power and that power's determination to achieve a settlement, as to deliver any 11th-hour formula for peace.

Ms. Jones's lawyers have suggested that if they do not achieve a settlement by Tuesday, they will file a petition with the judge to bolster her resolve to hold a contempt hearing.

Mr. al-Moualem said Prime Ministers Rabin and Peres both "wanted to achieve a settlement with Syria, but each had his own speed and conditions.

In 2008, the firm achieved a settlement with Verisign, Inc., a company providing secure websites on behalf of businesses, for alleged misrepresentations with respect to the level of that security.

He was in favour of negotiating and compromising with Croats and Serbs to achieve a settlement, and scathing about those Muslims who wanted to block any such settlement."