This, it turns out, is true too but curiously, committees that were permitted to discuss their decisions did slightly worse than those that were not.
It was something that no one was permitted to discuss, for obvious reasons: Hezbollah could not afford to anger Sunnis, but neither could it allow its allies in Syria to fall.
No official is permitted to discuss the case of X, but we have established that a thorough investigation was carried out, involving many of the people who were present at the campsite as well as other teachers.
We were permitted to discuss the suspiciously familiar afflictions of our characters, but to probe too vigorously into psychology was to invoke the cardinal rule of workshop: writing is not therapy.
An earlier plan under which North Shore-LIJ would have leased space in St. Vincent's closed building fell through, in part because St . Vincents officials insisted that North Shore workers not be permitted to discuss birth control or abortion.
Since Nov. 14, when teams were permitted to discuss contract terms with free agents, only 2 of the 171 players who filed for free agency have signed: Jeremy Affeldt, who went to San Francisco, and Ryan Dempster, whose decision to re-sign with the Chicago Cubs hardly came as a surprise.
"We are extremely disappointed that the Chinese government denied our request for visas and that we will not be permitted to discuss this film with a Chinese audience in Beijing," Mr. Alpert and Mr. O'Neill said in a joint e-mail message.
"It's entirely possible that Al Qaeda or one of its militant allies may be holding Mr. Weinstein and the statement by Zawahri supports this conclusion," said an American official who was permitted to discuss the case only on condition of anonymity.
We were permitted to discuss any issues without been fired.
No one was permitted to discuss Kate Middleton's dress.
