41.   Gore said he had been drinking a lot of iced tea and therefore might have been answering a call of nature when the incriminating discussion took place.

42.   Henk Bodt, a Philips executive vice-president, disclosed at a news conference during a consumer electronics show that discussions were taking place with Sony deputy vice-president Minoru Morio.

43.   However, there is no indication that contract discussions are taking place, and Johnson says his focus is on this season.

44.   In this case, the discussion took place on IRC -- a sort of electronic version of CB radio -- one morning, recently.

45.   Intensive discussions have taken place with the German government and Foreign Ministry to ensure that no further revelations will be forthcoming, they added.

46.   Ironically, all parties were in Pittsburgh for the NHL entry draft last weekend and no discussions took place.

47.   Late one evening we were roaming around WordsWorth, where a spirited discussion was taking place in the mystery aisles about Chinese culture.

48.   Last year, a similar discussion took place, but it collapsed when the Armed Islamic Group took responsibility for car bombings that killed scores of civilians in Algiers.

49.   Lashbrooke declined to confirm that discussions had taken place.

50.   More seriously, DiIulio pleaded that the discussion take empirical evidence into account.