The behind-the-scenes discussions with each of them had confirmed what she'd already known.

But now the dissidents, after behind-the-scenes discussions with Rozelle, have succeeded in placing a three-man group to meet with, and question, the search committee.

The moment he stepped off the public stage, however, he would ask for updates on the behind-the-scenes discussions between the legal teams.

The issue, which has been the subject of lengthy, behind-the-scenes discussion, arose from what amounts to an oversight in drafting the legislation.

Also included was a "behind-the-scenes" discussion between the author and the reader.

The obsessive focus on NATO expansion has obscured this behind-the-scenes discussion.

Whatever the case, the behind-the-scenes discussions were intense.

That was the view expressed yesterday by half a dozen people in baseball who work in off-the-field capacities and have knowledge of the behind-the-scenes discussions.

Much of the film is devoted to behind-the-scenes discussions of how the opera should be staged.

Rightly or wrongly, people are still cautious about putting their trust in these groups [as members of the independent advisory panel], which had behind-the-scenes discussions.