On October 30, further discussion failed to reach any consensus on how best to pay for an extension.

But if discussions fail, the country will be proceeding toward war simply by George Bush's unilateral decision.

But the entire discussion failed to account for the companies that are routinely represented at this festival.

However, discussion of the issue at the league's competition committee meeting that year failed to yield adequate support for the idea.

Numerous discussions about moving the tunnel failed to result in an agreement.

Cochran's discussion fails to engage most of the evidence against his client or to shed new light on the case.

Foreign Ministers' discussions later in the year failed to make any breakthrough.

It can therefore pay foreigners to stage them when polite and prolonged discussion has failed to yield results.

Most discussions fail to do justice to this point, but I think it too is important.

And if, as is more likely, the discussions fail and the language remains, there will be another kind of fight.