Once a contract has been negotiated and approved, a paper copy is typically signed and archived either in filing cabinets or in off-site storage.

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And that coupling of realism and idealism, which has always represented what is best in American foreign policy, that was at the heart of his work in Bosnia, where he negotiated and cajoled and threatened all at once, until peace was the only outcome possible.

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There will be a collective sigh of relief once this anniversary week has been (hopefully) safely negotiated.

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Petitioners wrote checks to cash at least once a month for most of the year in issue, and most of the checks were negotiated near weekends and holidays.

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