"I don't recall a specific discussion of Maryland in that meeting," he said.

Any specific discussion that just happened to preview our subsequent course of action in Iraq would be problematic for the president.

There had been no specific discussions on what form the encouragement might take, he said.

"We never got into specific discussions, and they're unlikely to be revived."

"I don't recall any specific discussion of Noriega's involvement in drugs," he said.

Mr. Lane said he had no comment on any specific discussions.

"I think the point could have been made without the specific pornographic discussions," he said.

Beyond that, I couldn't go into specific discussions that we have had with him.

I remember that in Nairobi we had a specific discussion on this issue.

I once heard from an official at the Commission that there had not been any really specific discussions with the individual countries.