Their aim is to force the governor into three-way negotiations over a supplemental budget, in which they hope to add some initiatives that the governor is resisting.

Mr. Dicterow introduced the Schnittke piece with a long violin solo, which owed its sound to a three-way negotiation.

The three-way negotiations among Andersen, the S.E.C. and the Justice Department were particularly complex.

During the course of the three-way negotiations, the United States sent specialists to Georgia to improve the security of the reactors.

But American officials have appeared increasingly receptive to the idea of a three-way negotiation.

In past years, the budget was the product of secret three-way negotiations among the Governor and the leaders of the State Senate and the Assembly.

But the authorities said the crucial issue of the border could only be resolved "in three-way negotiations, together with the European Community."

Right now, there are three-way negotiations between the State Senate and Assembly and the governor, and Monday we had a very positive meeting.

He has also resisted entering three-way negotiations, vowing that the days of smoky back-room deals are over.

But the Americans, the Russians and the Georgians remained stymied in their three-way negotiations.