With the economic system all but set, negotiators broke for the weekend, leaving lawyers and staff members to continue drafting the agreement.
Geraldine Brooks agreed to mentor me, and thanks to her sound and generous advice I was able to continue drafting, modifying, cutting, adding and polishing through a few more drafts until I was ready for others to read it.
As Mr. Gent flew back to London on his private jet before dawn, advisers continued drafting the terms of the deal that would be submitted to Mannesmann's supervisory board.
As the Senate health committee continued drafting a companion bill on Thursday, one of its Democratic members, Barbara A. Mikulski of Maryland, said, "Obviously this is not going to go as fast as we thought".
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the software leviathan remained confident about its future, and thus continues drafting new recruits and investing tens of millions of dollars in a partnership with Hewlett-Packard.
Congress appears intent on denying President Clinton major legislative victories in his final months of office, but White House officials say they will continue drafting and carrying out policies, Congress or no Congress, until Mr. Clinton's final day.
The last round of negotiations almost collapsed today when Cuba protested the language, hoping to be able to continue to draft soldiers at 17.
"We're going to continue to draft young talent, get games into them, and not have them leaking out the door.
In Mr. Perot's hometown, Dallas, four supporters showed up and vowed to continue the draft-Perot effort.
At that point, if Clinton still looks inevitable, their best leverage against her will be simply to continue the Draft Warren campaign, just for the No 2 spot on the ticket.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's husband, Henry, refused to continue helping her draft the Declaration if she included women's suffrage, believing the addition would put the rest of the document in jeopardy.
