1.   The banks will require certain information on the project before discussions go beyond a general commitment of interest.

2.   Although he was hoping things could be settled Tuesday, Gretzky said he was encouraged by how the initial discussions went.

3.   And so the discussion went, with respectful acknowledgment of all views.

4.   As the discussion went on, there was an exhausted McKay, lying on the cold ice.

5.   As the discussion went on, impatient supporters pressed against a high wrought-iron fence that surrounds Parliament.

6.   Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, however, said that the discussions had gone nowhere.

7.   Both sides said the discussions had gone a long way toward rebuilding trust that had frayed during the tense years of the Netanyahu administration.

8.   But he denied that discussions had gone beyond that point.

9.   But one media executive pointed out that discussions go on continuously.

10.   But the discussion did not go away.