"If they have, they are keeping it under the table at the moment, " she said.

BBC: NI talks still unresolved

Because it is under the table, officials struggle to factor it into their reforms.

ECONOMIST: Health-care reform

It was crawling under the table and stealing the afikoman, a half piece of matzoh without which the service couldn't conclude.

WSJ: Passover Challenged

That's why it's kept like under the table.

CNN: Help for a 'hidden population' of caregiving kids

The question on the table is whether Cintas claimed it was under government orders to slap on the charges when, in fact, no such regulatory fees existed.

FORBES: Dirty Laundry

The union, in turn, concealed the under-the-table payments and the fact that events it portrayed as "investment seminars" were actually ING-sponsored sales pitches, according to the findings of the attorney general's office.

FORBES: Spitzer's Painful Lesson

One day, not long after she had endured yet another session under the surgeon's knife, he took a mirror from her dressing table and thrust it in front of her face to reflect the livid scars and the bruising under her eyes.

CNN: Books - Excerpt: 'Flint'

It is hard now to believe that in 1902 a tiger was shot under the billiard table (that the big cat emerged from a circus rather than virgin rain-forest, and was shot by a school headmaster, makes the story no less exotic).

ECONOMIST: Pukkah hotels

Some of my compatriots thought that it was all about showing how macho one was: the ability to drink someone under the table for example.

FORBES: In Vino Veritas: Should You Get Drunk With Your Business Partners?

At one time I thought maybe it's only half the job, but actually it is a complete job and I'm looking forward to getting my feet under the table.

BBC: Sark Seneschal and Chief Pleas single roles begin

For an unforgettable view of the Eiffel Tower when it sparkles in the evening, or a bright business lunch under a glass canopy, book a table at Les Ombres, on the rooftop of the Musee du Quai Branly.

BBC: Business trip: Paris

It was still the kind of place where a stray dog might deposit a human hand under the breakfast table, where an ox could burst into the dining room.

WSJ: Still Under Cleopatra's Spell

Whether it's a dad joining conference calls by cellphone during the family vacation, teenagers texting under the table or moms checking Facebook from the soccer sidelines, technology intrudes upon family life in most American homes.

WSJ: When Twittering Gets in the Way of Real Life