William B. Gould IV, a former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board and a professor emeritus at Stanford Law School, said it was impossible to say whether mediation would help bring a settlement.
The documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has said he hoped that the points raised in his film "The Central Park Five," released last year, would bring a settlement.
Cerberus and Chatham appear to be off to a strong start, but litigation is likely to bring a settlement if not a lower price, so long as the facts here are not so bad.
Until now, the Clinton administration has supported Mr. Mugabe, seeking to use his position to bring a settlement to the war in Congo, where Mr. Mugabe has sent about 10,000 of his top troops.
Yet the conclusion of such an episode would be that the use of force had brought about a settlement of the dispute but not necessarily that it had resolved the ethical disagreement.
Nor would it make life better for most Palestinians, let alone bring a permanent settlement closer.
THE agreement which was supposed to bring a peaceful settlement in Northern Ireland has scraped through repeated trials, but even the stoutest optimists are now quailing.
The reopening of Ledra Street was today welcomed by the EU enlargement commissioner, Olli Rehn, who said in a statement: "It shows the two sides on the island are ready to put aside the difficulties of the past and work together to bring a comprehensive settlement and reunification to Cyprus".
Two reforms could bring a fair settlement to banks and borrowers alike.
The best counter argument to me is the black farmers' bill, eventually bringing a $1.25 billion settlement, another $3.4 billion in the Native American farmers' case against the Department of the Interior, and an additional $1.3 billion addressing injustices against women and Hispanic farmers.
