But German officials remained adamant that there was no way they would bend on collective debt, even if the new French president, as expected, makes it a dining-room topic.
It continues with breeze-shooting sessions in the summer and fall, with locker-room topics ranging from family vacations to current events, off-field pursuits, college football rivalries or that poor defensive back they flattened in a big high school game.
Upstairs, in his dressing room, the topic was longevity.
I meant to ask, but when Maw Hamrick returned to the living room the topic immediately turned to cholesterol, Lisa saying, "I don't mean to pry, Joan, but what is your level?" It was one of those conversations I was destined to be left out of.
When they saw each other days later at the Grand Havana Room, one topic the men discussed was a peace proposal for Ukraine, an agenda item Russia was seeking as a key step to lift punishing economic sanctions, according to court records.
Members then share around a Room's topic through an Instagram-style vertical feed of text, photo, and video posts plus their accompanying comment threads.
Four actors, including Christopher Ellison from The Bill and Yvette the waitress from 'Allo 'Allo! are sitting on red sofas in a darkened room, discussing topics selected entirely at random.
The other chat room conversation topics were painfully mundane.
Her large breasts were a common locker-room conversation topic.
At Morningstar's ETF Invest conference in Chicago last week, financial advisers packed meeting rooms on topics from managed portfolios to credit to inflation.
