Ms. Miller, who ran unsuccessfully for Congress last year, was attending an all-day meeting yesterday and did not return phone calls.

Warner was understood to be reviewing its own options yesterday in a series of all-day meetings.

"The debate has been salutary," the leaders declared here today at the end of an all-day meeting.

They emerged from an all-day meeting with each side agreeing that the best alternative was peace, sharing and an expanded system.

She'd been scheduled for all-day meetings negotiating film options for two of her clients.

His announcement came at a break in an all-day meeting with auditors and lawyers.

The board meeting which preceded the vote was a contentious one, and the all-day meeting ended very late in the afternoon.

Kaufman said Steinbrenner remained in New York after the all-day meeting.

"But when the captain is in all-day meetings like this, a bad transporter circuit is big enough to interrupt him."

Part of it was the grind of early morning breakfasts, all-day meetings and late-night sessions on the House floor.