Asked whether any discussion papers had been produced to assist their debate, one national diplomat rolls his eyes.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

The Senate Finance Committee is on a parallel track, reviewing discussion papers and collecting feedback from members and stakeholders.

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This possibility was raised by government discussion papers circulated during talks.

ECONOMIST: And now for the small print

At Harvard, big lecture courses are generally taught with help from graduate students, who lead discussion sessions and grade papers.

NEWYORKER: Laptop U

Prof Christy makes the distinction - crucial to scientists - between draft papers for discussion and final, complete ones that go into academic journals and become part of the formal literature of science.

BBC: Climate science and acts of creation

Ellsberg says there has been some discussion that implies the Pentagon Papers leak was good but that WikiLeaks is bad.

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Eminent invited speakers will deliver keynote papers opening up these topics for an in-depth examination by the Conference participants in the discussion sessions.

UNESCO: Communication and Information