Other odd matters arise, best left for later, like Ms. Liebesman's recollection of seeing an unidentified flying object at age 18. She's not eager to discuss this when it is broached, nor the mysterious cuts she says were found on her body after she had a dream.
But, as he writes, it has been around since at least the 1980s, when it was formally broached by the Hungarian-born American scholar Paul Demeny.
If, as he said several times in interviews, he genuinely supported the idea when it was first broached by his board, then that was his one miscalculation.
Then, when a recording was broached, not so much.
When the subject was broached with Gonzalez, his mood turned.
But when the subject was broached, Ms. Meyers let out a tiny gasp.
Ms. Russell, 24, said that when the haircut was broached, "I was nervous, but I thought this was definitely a college girl thing to do.
Earlier Kumykov's pre-match press conference at Celtic Park on Tuesday afternoon took a surreal turn when the subject was broached.
Benny Agbayani bowed his head when the possibility was broached of seeing the Joneses (Chipper and Andruw) and the other Braves dance at Shea. "We don't want that to happen," Agbayani said, "especially against this team".
CEO Steve Underwood didn't help matters when the topic was broached at Mularkey's introductory press conference, saying that "[owner Amy Adams Strunk] largely knew that she wanted to keep Mularkey".
