They admit to having tentative discussions with Lindner's agent several weeks ago but quickly lost interest in view of the player's sky-high demands.

But the talks had the effect of prompting Bell Atlantic to step up its own tentative discussions with Airtouch in the last month, and soon they were heading toward what looked to be a conclusive deal.

The campaign managers for Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani have begun a tentative discussion about eliminating soft money from the Senate contest in New York.

Last Major Benefactor American officials said that in their tentative discussions with the Chinese on the issue, Beijing had indicated some willingness to be helpful, but the extent of cooperation remained to be seen.

He began by introducing himself as an army intelligence analyst, and within 17 minutes, without waiting for a reply, began a tentative discussion about the leaks.

Dingane-and Mhlangana began to meet secretly with he and after a few tentative discussions, realized that they must enli the support of some military leader.

AOL in Confidentiality Agreement AOL Time Warner signed a confidentiality agreement with AT&T, allowing tentative discussions about the acquisition of AT&T's cable television business to edge forward.

Mark McGhee, then-manager of the club, had said that he and the directors have held tentative discussions with North Lanarkshire Council about building the new stadium on the site.

The idea of reshaping the kingdom's religious and tribal form of monarchy remains tentative, more vague public discussion than concrete plan.

In 1938 there seem to have been tentative discussions with the Colonial Office over a sell-out to the British government.