More often than not, the Obama campaign is discussed as the home team.
Or a marginal character as much-loved and discussed as the Log Lady?
And so that particular peak will never be discussed as the peak of a business cycle.
Family violence should be as widely discussed as the road toll, Rosie Batty has told a Senate inquiry.
With the Cold War at its coldest, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (Lake Placid) and the death of Yuri Andropov (Sarajevo) were as much discussed as the athletes.
This autumn the UN general assembly will vote yes or no to a new "super-agency for women"; $1bn is being discussed as the starter annual budget.
Though many experts doubt it is possible, reconciliation with the Taliban is being widely discussed as the only way of resolving the Afghan war.
"A range of 8-12,000 troops was discussed as the possible size of the overall NATO mission, not the U.S. contribution," Mr. Little said.
Rezaian appeared last week before a revolutionary court for a third one-day trial session, though little is known about what was discussed as the press and the journalist's family have been barred from attending.
On this occasion they were united in their enthusiasm -- after all, this was a group where a shovel for digging out avalanche victims had just been discussed as the perfect Valentine's Day present.
But the kind of "victory" he described in November 2005, when Representative John P. Murtha initiated the first Democratic calls to get out of Iraq, is no longer discussed as the goal.
