But early this month, Mr. Almunia appeared to take a softer tone, saying that time was needed to conclude "conversations" with Google that were going on "quite intensively".
George often used to conclude conversations by saying, "It's all interesting," which I did for a while, too, after he died, because I was confident that it was a cool thing to say, something that couldn't be refuted, and because it was a means of evoking him.
Concluding our conversation, Philippe's discussion of innovative financing and UNITAID came to a very clear point.
The happy endings of films on racial themes reflect Americans' collective investment in concluding a conversation that has barely begun.
While we split the independent voters in the Wisconsin recall elections, we got a solid majority of them against Senate Bill 5 [in Ohio]." Concluding our conversation, I expressed concern that, in spite of the latest victory, Republicans have forced us into wars of attrition, and wondered how we could go on the offensive.
Eavesdropping on our conversation was a homeless man, Jason Mercado, who after I had concluded my conversation with the coordinator, began to tell me about his story -- I was sold immediately!
I just concluded a conversation with a would-be home seller who blurted out "I hate my house!" about halfway through the conversation.
I will conclude this conversation right now".
"Are you Catholic?" Mr. Michelini asked me as we concluded our conversation.
