Violence nevertheless continued; on the next day at least 20 people were reported to have been killed since the agreement.

Since the 1988 agreement, United States companies have won a few contracts.

To the board's credit, it kept its word, even though a full generation had passed since the original agreement.

"There has been no real pressure on this issue since the agreement last July."

The Clinton camp's spin in the days since the agreement has made clear that its game plan is to change the subject.

They had not done so since the previous agreement lapsed in 2000.

Since the agreement, the governor has repeatedly tried, without success, to scale back the programs.

"Sixty days since the agreement, and there has not been a shot fired."

At least 20 new farms have been invaded since the agreement, the white farmers union says.

In January 1985, the two leaders met for their first face-to-face talks since the 1979 agreement.