1.   This report offered a useful opportunity to discuss the extent to which the age factor might influence clinical decision making.

2.   Boylan declined to discuss the extent of her involvement in the Ramsey case but did say she believes parents John and Patsy Ramsey are innocent.

3.   Church officials would not discuss the extent of the damage.

4.   A J.P. Morgan spokesman declined to discuss the extent of first-quarter layoffs and would only say they were wide-ranging.

5.   He will meet with African leaders in Abuja, Accra, Freetown and Bamako to discuss the extent of potential U.S. assistance.

6.   Lok said Yu was conscious after the fall but she declined to discuss the extent of his injuries.

7.   Netanyahu met Sunday with his ministers of defense, infastructure and industry to discuss the extent of troop pullbacks.

8.   No one at either hospital would discuss the extent of the damage caused by the botched brain surgery.

9.   He said a national task force assembled by the government would meet in Canberra Monday to discuss the extent of vaccinations required and financial assistance to affected states.