11.   In Korea, for example, each household is required to attend monthly neighborhood meetings to receive government directives and discuss local affairs.

12.   It was a triumphal moment for democracy, the first time the two friends had ever felt free enough to discuss national affairs openly.

13.   Mrs. Lindbergh did not discuss the affair with Berg, he said.

14.   Ms. Polley plays Harper Sloane, sullen daughter of a stiffly pretentious bourgeois family that loves to discuss legal affairs at dinner.

15.   She consistently has declined to discuss such affairs, however, insisting on maintaining her privacy.

16.   Several members of Parliament, which is on vacation, suggested that a special session be called for next week to discuss the affair.

17.   The debate about the guidelines for military cooperation with the United States has helped erode a traditional taboo in Japan about discussing security affairs.

18.   Through the two-day Jewish New Year observance and the Sabbath, Israeli newspapers and officials were effectively precluded from discussing the affair.

19.   Vatican officials, moreover, have been reluctant to discuss the affair.

20.   Williams declined to discuss the affair, except to say he is now on good terms with Portman.