American delegates fear the committee will become unwieldly, making a consensus on spending more difficult to achieve.

Asian and European diplomats said it was the American delegates who kept discussion focused on abortion.

These women were amongst the otherwise all-male American delegates at the conference.

American delegates here have said that the developing countries' proposed language would eviscerate patent protection.

Then the chief American delegate turned to a furry, eight-inch-long puppet for help.

The American delegates have become obsessed with the quest for food, a major conversational theme.

But American delegates stood firm in the face of the barrage.

This was particularly true with some of the American delegates who were there but one or two of the others as well.

"I'm expecting an exchange of harsh words, but not much more," said an American delegate.

One of the American delegates made a strong quiet speech in Julius's support.