1.   No deal was hatched, though, and some Wall Street analysts say it was probably a good thing, considering that biotechnology is now under fire.

2.   Spending bills are drafted in secret, proposals are floated in private huddles, deals are hatched in hideaways.

3.   They said the investigators failed to record the first two conversations between Duper and Gallagher during which the cocaine deal was allegedly hatched in plain English.

4.   Both sides admit there have been low-level talks, although London denied a newspaper report Monday that a secret deal was being hatched.

5.   Both sides admit there have been low-level talks although London denied a newspaper report Monday that a secret deal was being hatched.

6.   The deal has been hatched over a three-year period, one report here said.