By late fall 1996, discussions were becoming difficult to track and reference because they existed on the personal computers of the participants.

After that the discussion became animated, and Ivy was left out of it.

It was at this point that the discussion became more controversial in nature and began to attract attention from arts critics on a national level.

In recent weeks the discussions have become increasingly tense.

The officers had turned and gone back to their places as they realized the discussion was becoming a private one.

The longer they talked the more maudlin and the more noble the discussion became.

In more recent years discussions have become more general, but the list still has members from its founding period.

So use of this material to attack the union's patriotism is curious, showing how poisoned public discussion about education has become.

It's useful when discussions have become heated and lost any sense of structure or direction.

Yesterday's announcement indicates that these discussions have become more serious.