1.   Opinion poll-led policy-making has proven a disaster, yet open policy discussion and theoretical debate remains near non-existent.

2.   The Reform of Heisei also holds policy discussions by computer.

3.   Union leaders reacted by taking a more constructive role in the policy discussions of the party.

4.   At this and other photogenic endeavors, the candidates turned their attention away from detailed policy discussions and, by and large, from biting verbal attacks.

5.   Bury us in mind-numbing policy discussions.

6.   But he does not engage in meaningless banter, or, for the most part, entertain questions he cannot answer with a policy discussion.

7.   But he remained active in nuclear policy discussions, and took part in meetings of the Shanghai Initiative, a nonofficial forum of nuclear experts from several nations.

8.   But there was no policy discussion there.

9.   But, in what has become a regular feature of his policy discussions, he closed his remarks by challenging Bush to issue a detailed plan.