He and his staff have been talking down the economy since November.

For the two days it was being filmed, staff on the lot talked about nothing else.

There, the first three minutes of the film were to shown to the audience and the staff in charge talked to them.

His staff talked in bars to men who knew the roads.

But he added, "the staff talked me out of that."

The staff has been talking about it ever since.

The medical staff were pleasant to it and would talk, on the rare occasions when they had time to do so.

Our staff has talked to the Justice Department about it.

But their staffs are still talking, an aide to the governor said.

Not for the first time, Esk wished that the staff could talk.