Sentence examples for because the session was from inspiring English sources
Partly that was because the session was running late and the hall was half-empty.
"He talked about how he was never supposed to win a campaign," said one person who attended, speaking anonymously because the session was off-the-record.
"People feel like he is going to be fair and reasonable," said one Morgan Stanley executive, who asked not to be identified because the session was private.
"He was ill at ease, not his normal confidence," said the congressman, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the session was classified.
People involved in the talks, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the session was supposed to be confidential, said that the mayor's staff was open to permanently extending the term limits to three terms from two.
There was also some confusion about whether they could, because the session was officially "off the record". Mr. Abovitz said the remarks bothered him, and at 2 21 a.m. local time, he posted his write-up on the forum's official blog (www.forumblog.org) under the headline "Do U.S. Troops Target Journalists in Iraq?" He did not think it would get much attention.
Parliament was to begin a monthlong recess last week, but the session was extended because a budget had not been passed.
The session was secret because the two charges against the officer, Wang Lijun, presented in court on Monday — defection and abuse of power, which in this case centers on illegal surveillance — involve state secrets, said one of his lawyers, Wang Yuncai.
But Plouffe's appearance was, because it was insisted that the session be off-record for members of the press.
At the hearing in Moscow, a judge refused a request by lawyers for Ms. Politkovskaya's family that the session be delayed because of Ms. Moskalenko's illness.
