During the following four years, 18 out of 29 mosaics and other objets d'art from the original cathedral were returned from Moscow after years of tedious discussion between Ukrainian and Russian authorities.

After four hours of tedious discussion and debate this afternoon, senior members of the United States Olympic Committee recessed without resolving whether George Steinbrenner would remain as one of the organization's three vice presidents.

Serena sat stony-faced, the first time she had entered the Hall of Parliament in the weeks since returning home, but her presence did not quell the usual tedious discussions.

They had come to hear him speak, not to see tedious discussions about an irrelevant motion.

At its heart, however, is a long and tedious discussion about how individuals and society must never abandon the rule of law in struggling against the forces of lawlessness.

No tedious and irrelevant discussion can be allowed; what is said should be pertinent.

But the children - whether numb or just bored - have seemed impervious to the tedious legal discussion, grisly testimony and graphic photographs.

Seeing a tedious discussion stretching ahead of them, Cait stood.

The arcane, even tedious legislative discussion that officials had expected on refinancing the program never occurred.

During the committee stage, opponents of the bill slowed its progress through tedious discussions of its details, but it was finally passed in September, by a margin of more than a hundred votes.