21. Until now, the five republics had recognized each other only implicitly, by initialing the accord worked out in Dayton. 22. While we were still resting on our collective laurels, along came another letter with our typeset poem ready for our initialing . 23. But the Palestinian negotiator in the Jerusalem talks, Nabil Shaath, said a hangup on prisoners could delay the initialing ceremony. 24. There has, in fact, been a bit of change since the initialing of the Dayton agreement _ freedom of movement. 25. This approach led to the recent initialing of the EU-U . S . accord on mutual recognition of product standards. 26. Until now, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia had recognized each other only implicitly, by initialing the agreement worked out in Dayton. 27. Only two days before, there had been the initialing in Amman of a draft peace treaty with Jordan that raised Israelis'hopes. 28. Beyond that time, it would be impossible to prepare the documents and complex maps that would have to be ready for an initialing ceremony. 29. At the initialing ceremony at the Hope Hotel here Tuesday, the three presidents shook hands stiffly and scarcely smiled or spoke to one another. 30. Initialing of the " open-skies " agreement was the culmination of two days of talks in Washington, which ended yesterday.
