Mr. Carter was briefed extensively on the policy strategy and technical details in advance.

The case is a staple of first year Law School contract law class discussions and text books and has been briefed extensively online.

People familiar with the company said Bell Atlantic's directors had already been extensively briefed on the talks.

His entrance rattled the jury experts on the defense side, none of whom had actually met Wendall Rohr, but all of whom had been briefed extensively on his reputation.

The same applied to the other two players, though they were presumably being less extensively briefed.

As a staple of first-year law school contract law courses, it has been briefed extensively.

"It was obvious that he'd certainly read the executive summary and he'd been briefed extensively on the rest of the report."

I have been extensively briefed by our computer people and they assure me that the launch sequences are completely automatic and run by the big lunar comp.

Mr. Richardson said in an interview that he was briefed extensively on the report and that it "confirmed the already strong counterintelligence measures I approved in October, including cyber-measures."

His aide, Harry Barnes, a former foreign service officer and ambassador, was briefed extensively by Administration officials today.