11.   The generals got so precise in their demands that hours were spent discussing details like which government checkpoints would have to be taken down, NATO officials say.

12.   Understandably, much of the time at dinners is spent discussing other dinners and here, too, the hierarchy closely follows that of the chateaus themselves.

13.   Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Jian, who chaired the meeting, said much of the day was spent discussing seating arrangements and the format of bilateral talks.

14.   Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Jian, who chaired the meeting, said much of the time was spent discussing seating arrangements and the format of bilateral talks.

15.   Much of the meeting was spent discussing the currency and stock market plunges that have affected many Asian countries, participants said.

16.   Time was spent discussing the quality of the food and problems in villages.

17.   He said the past three years had been spent discussing only matters of procedure using the United States as a go-between.