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Cajoling, flattering and arguing, Justice McKeon, of State Supreme Court, worked to bring about settlements long before the cases moved toward trials.

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The parties' efforts to negotiate a settlement long went nowhere.

If it were only the $20 million in this contract for this provision, there would have been a settlement long ago.

Mr. Zanghi, 52, a native of Buffalo who moved here a decade ago, seemed happier showing a visitor around the settlement, long a tourist attraction, than discussing the dispute, insisting that the Spiritualists were not a party to the lawsuit.

On the same call, Kenneth R. Feinberg, the former special master of the federal compensation fund that paid awards to families of 9/11 victims in a system similar to what the settlement for the workers now calls for, called the settlement "long overdue".

An HSBC settlement, long rumored, has been slow in coming.

Many people living in coastal settlements have long been fishermen, taking their boats out into the Andaman Sea or Gulf of Thailand.

"The mayor would rather have settlements, as long as they're reasonable ones that make sense," Mr. Hanley said.

Israeli settlements have long been seen as major stumbling block to peace efforts as they are built on land the Palestinians see as part of their future state.

These settlements, comprising long houses built in warmer climate of the 12th and early 13th century, may already have become less sustainable due to the onset of the cooler climate that began to emerge at the end of the 13th.