Upon his return, Trotsky was in substantive agreement with the Bolshevik position, but did not join them right away.
Many more years, or perhaps even decades, are likely to pass before the Federation can expect any substantive agreements to emerge.
On the other hand, if the meeting ends with substantive agreement, it could be a watershed moment.
But the first day of their summit meeting produced no substantive economic agreements, which Western scholars said pointed to a fundamental flaw in that partnership.
"The point is to try to reach substantive and irreversible agreements that can later be formalized next year."
The commissioners felt that there were not enough states represented to make any substantive agreement.
The critical next step is reaching a substantive agreement on those questions.
This represents substantive agreement between the two main observers and the third in the diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease.
Although the obstacles to any substantive agreement are large, this challenge to United States leadership in the hemisphere must not be ignored.
The European Union should only participate in this project on the basis of clearly defined substantive agreements.