Sentence examples for of failed talks from inspiring English sources

The N.B.A. locked out its players on July 1, after two years of failed talks.

"I don't think it means anything about my negotiation skills," Mr. Kyl said about the string of failed talks.

But as the latest round of failed talks this weekend — this time between Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, and Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations and Arab League envoy on Syria — conclusively demonstrate, Russia will not be part of the solution on Syria.

After three years of failed talks, the two sides are said to be very close to a settlement.

Years of failed talks and prevarication by industrialised countries have shaken his belief in the UN process.

In April, after 14 months of failed talks between Kosovo and Serbia, many believed that self-determination for Kosovo had become a near certainty after the United Nations mediator, Martti Ahtisaari, recommended that the province be granted a supervised independence.

But the normally fractious Ethiopians have now united around him, and his party is likely to have done well at this week's election.When negotiations with the OAU broke down, it took the unprecedented step of publishing an account of the failed talks.

Meanwhile, on the heels of the failed talks this week, The Times reported "the possibility of a new stage of negotiations in the full Congress," which might result in avoiding the automatic cuts.

[C3.] Energy Talks Begin in Congress Congressional negotiations on a broad new energy policy began with Republican leaders serving notice that they intended to write much of the proposal to avoid a repetition of the failed talks last year.

"We'd like to go back tomorrow," Mr. Allen said of the failed talks.

As a result of the failed talks the Taliban are now more divided than ever, and hard-liners who want to pursue permanent war are ascendant.