They all, while agreeing that "mademoiselle" should be abolished in official settings, expressed some ambivalence.
Although Mr Werritty was not a lobbyist, and the government insists that its plans for lobbying reform are a separate matter, the prolific access he enjoyed has heightened calls for clearer rules about who gets to meet ministers in official settings.
Traub argues the fast food and Walmart strikes and the personal stories that accompany them have brought increased visibility to theoretical arguments, propping up major campaigns to raise the minimum wage in more official settings, such as the recent Democrat-sponsored congressional bill to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 by 2016.
In 1964 use of Taiwanese in schools or official settings was forbidden, and transgression in schools punished with beatings, fines and humiliation.
The Kurds, who until recently were widely referred to not as a distinct ethnic group but as "mountain Turks", want the right to use their own language in public and official settings and to be educated in their mother tongue.
Nationalists regard even the most basic Kurdish demand — that their language also be allowed in grade schools and at official settings where Kurds are involved — as treason.
In a statement in October, North Korea's National Defense Commission said that when "midranking policy makers from the United States, National Security Council and C.I.A. recently met with us in official and unofficial settings," they tried to assure the North that Washington had no "hostile" intent.
From the First Lady's convention speech, and from CNN's "Obama Revealed" interview, we learn the president is a private person, who gives a lot in official and campaign settings, but only his family and inner circle really know who he is.
It was apparent that these participants were keen to have their voices heard and their feelings understood, and they stated that this had not happened often in official or formal settings.
His year was phenomenal: nine victories, three majors, a record-setting $9.1 million in official earnings, a record-setting 67.79 scoring average and more television air time than Regis Philbin.
Having won a record-setting $1.86 million in official earnings this year, Webb could become the first L.P.G.A. player to surpass the $2 million mark in 2001.
