The findings come just two weeks before Mr. Gorbachev and President Reagan are due to meet in Moscow to exchange instruments of ratification on a treaty governing intermediate-range nuclear forces.

She quickly exchanged instruments with the concertmaster, missing only a note or two, and played on.

They exchanged instruments; the boy's hands trembled as he took Vanyel's finely crafted lute.

"Every 20 minutes or so, we exchange instruments," said Ms. Patrick, who performs on the African hand drums known as djembe.

The two sides exchanged instruments of ratification on 15 January 1988 and the Joint Declaration entered into force.

Berry, Buck, Miles and Stipe exchanged instruments for parts of 'Green', but here the whole writing, rehearsal and recording process sees them taking on new roles within their democracy.

Exchanging instruments, touching one another and the child, their hands are relentlessly eloquent, lyrical and profound, as they converse in an argot of tendon and nerve.

Past servicing missions have exchanged old instruments for new ones, both avoiding failure and making possible new types of science.

However, clearly none of the Member States has yet exchanged instruments of ratification, to put it in diplomatic terms.

However, on December 5, 1994, all signatories to the Lisbon Protocol exchanged instruments of ratification, and the agreement came into force.