1.   Plus, foreign policy is more glamorous, and seems more worthy of the title of statesman, which second-term presidents automatically confer on themselves.

2.   She said the president conferred with Rumsfeld, who was not at Camp David, by video teleconference.

3.   Wasting no time after his arrival in Dublin, the president conferred with the Irish prime minister about the situation in Northern Ireland.

4.   He said the president would confer briefly Wednesday with the presidential budget director, Alice Rivlin, whose staff was meeting with lower-level congressional aides.

5.   The president conferred with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern about the uneasy state of play in Northern Ireland.

6.   The president conferred with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and National Security Adviser Sandy Berger.

7.   Wasting no time after his arrival in Dublin, the president conferred with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern about the uneasy state in Northern Ireland.

8.   Wasting no time after his arrival in Dublin, the president conferred with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern about the uneasy state of play in Northern Ireland.