Other officials later played down his comments, pointing out that the central bank had, through many months of discussions, sought to toughen proposals to bring more rigor to euro zone finances.
Other officials later played down his comments, pointing out that the E.C.B had, through many months of discussions, sought to toughen proposals to bring more rigor to euro zone finances.
Probing questions in the focus group discussions sought to spark debate rather than encouraging participants to answer questions in turn.
The sentiments grew more blunt in small-group discussions seeking ideas for both fighting terrorism and "draining the swamp" of poverty that can breed terrorists.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, and the White House are engaged in intensive discussions seeking a deal on patients' rights legislation, and their usual allies are expressing alarm at the terms of a possible compromise.
While teaching handicapped and nondisabled children in the same classrooms, known as mainstreaming, is not new, the current discussions seek to break down other barriers separating the two groups.
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Discussions seek to help older adults describe what makes their life worth living in specific, functional terms [ 48] and articulate their wishes, personal values and beliefs, so as to guide proxies in making decisions for them.
As one service manager put it: 'So I guess I lead the process, as the service director so I initiated some of the earlier discussions, seeking feedback from key stakeholders and gaining that leadership support and developing those relationships to actually support the process and then basically I developed the briefs, etc. to get it into the level.
Whilst our discussion sought to supplement the findings with the results from more recent primary studies, this approach was unsystematic.
The initial discussion sought to identify whether the broad areas defined in the theoretical framework matched with those identified in the literature and to consider the need to include other areas.
