While Wednesday's move raised talk that a prospectus was imminent, the law firm has previously halted the clearance of Facebook trades, especially during increased activity on the secondary markets, where private shares are bought and sold.
Once a question was raised, talk on any aspect of the question would be allowed to proceed until it was felt that the topic had been exhausted.
A Western intervention force would raise talk of recolonisation, with the possibility of ordinary Somalis - many of whom are armed - mobilising against the foreigners.
India announced its program a few months after China's bid failed, raising talk of a space race in Asia.
Everybody suddenly loves Google again, whose stock has surged to nearly $800 a share, raising talk that it is the "new Apple".
Why raise talks with Argentina on "power-sharing" the Falklands, just after islanders voted 99.8% to stay British?
"Even if society didn't give us hashtags every day to prompt us, I was raised talking about it all the time.
That's not the way I was raised, to talk about myself like that.
"It's a return to mission-focused fund-raising: talking directly about what you do and the value of your programs to the community," he said.
White talk raises no critical questions.
Such talk raises all sorts of questions.
