"What does happen is we have conversations," Rather says -- usually to confer about joint appearances at charitable or civic events.
He said he conferred with about two dozen faculty members, trustees and "friends of Stanford". Kennedy said he was not forced to resign.
He conferred with Russell Simmons about the hip-hop impresario's foundation to support the arts.
Last week, prosecutors revealed Cohen admitted he conferred with Trump about the idea "before reaching out to gauge Russia's interest in such a meeting". The candidate and Putin did not meet at the time.
But the allegation further complicated Mr. Martin's political fortunes as he prepared for a meeting next week with President Bush in Washington, and as he conferred with Liberal Party leaders about when to call a national election.
Michael Horodniceanu, president of the capital construction division for the transportation authority, emphasized that the project was on time, even as he conferred with his staff about whether specific parts of the job would be finished on time.
After he went down the line of actors, he conferred with an assistant about who looked most promising.
As Sands went about his research, he conferred with human-rights experts all over Europe on his findings.
Ms. Sullivant declined to discuss the matter, but yesterday, Charles Elachi, the director of the laboratory, said he and Dr. Baltimore had conferred about the complaints and determined that while such activities had occurred, there was no evidence they were still going on.
After the Justice Department's inspector general released his findings Thursday, Giuliani said he and fellow Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow conferred about legal options they could take to stymie Mueller — including possibly sending a letter to the Justice Department raising questions about the credibility of the special counsel investigation.
