1.   A source close to Mr Vance and Lord Owen said Mr Izetbegovic declined to discuss any substance during the morning meeting because of the fighting.

2.   At the White House, Clinton was asked by reporters about the published account of his testimony, but he declined to discuss the substance of the deposition.

3.   Both men were reluctant to discuss the substance of the talks, except to acknowledge that a merging of printing and distribution operations had been among the topics.

4.   A spokesman for the company, John Shea, declined to discuss the substance of the dispute or how it might affect other plants.

5.   Burton also said he met Wednesday with FBI Director Louis Freeh, but declined to discuss the substance of their meeting, which Burton said he requested.

6.   But he did not discuss the substance of the investigation, which is being conducted by a special counsel to the House ethics committee.

7.   Clinton and Yeltsin did not discuss the substance of what Chernomyrdin wanted to talk about, officials said.

8.   He did not discuss the substance of their telephone conversation.

9.   Lockhart subsequently identified the families as those of the three captives but refused to discuss the substance of the calls.

10.   Lockhart has refused to discuss the substance of the talks and has provided little information about the atmospherics or the negotiating process itself.