Yesterday, he seemed to endorse the idea of a meeting, though he did not say whether he or his aides would attend.

But Mr. Reagan, in a speech today, again rejected the idea of a meeting with Congress on the budget.

Iraq accepted the idea of a meeting.

But Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Indonesia have opposed the idea of a meeting now.

The very idea of such a meeting terrified him.

She made no effort to conceal her joy at the idea of a personal meeting.

"But who actually brought up the idea of a meeting?"

She didn't like the idea of a meeting she didn't know about being held in the cabin, the CEO's habitual domain.

The owners, however, rendered moot the idea of a meeting by not agreeing on a revenue-sharing plan.

And this call drew support, notably from President Clinton, for our idea of a high-level meeting as the way to take this forward.