"I have a lot of sympathy for what the Pentagon briefers are going through now," he said.

He read it, then interrupted the briefers and suggested a pause.

But we have to be careful about the briefers.

Military briefers are considered the hardest on those prone to nod off.

All Ryan had to do was listen to his briefers on what to say, but he didn't even do that.

"Couple congressmen, staffs, probably some other briefers from the community.

The result was predictable: the briefers stopped attacking ministers and others in the old style.

Recent worldwide events show that high-level policymakers simply do not read large studies; staff briefers may.

An hour before man-up time, the briefers were finished.

She wouldn't speak to State Department de briefers when she finally got back.

The briefers represent a cross-section of the military and diplomatic corps.

"You ever like getting briefed by the briefees and not the briefers?

Pentagon briefers say almost half of Iraq's original tank force has been destroyed or badly damaged.

The briefers report that the new practice robot arm is having troubles and may have to be replaced with an older, less reliable one.

He had known that it would be so, his briefers had made that clear.

Set that against the purposefully impersonal surmises of the briefers.

At the Pentagon, military briefers described - in the greatest detail to date - specific targets attacked.

Another member of Congress present said the briefers did not accord this theory "much probability," although they said it was possible.

The quality of the briefers matters, too.

Suppose the briefers had been radically distorting the facts?

Air Intelligence officers annotated the maps and briefers told him of every report from the silos.

After describing the operation, the briefers fielded questions: What if a mob surrounded the compound?

They said that if the briefers had mentioned anything that startling, it would have gotten their attention."

In recent days, Pentagon briefers have sent out conflicting signals about the strength of the Taliban forces.

The rest of us know how brief summer can be.

I have a very brief number of questions for you.

For a brief moment she thought her son had come home.

They looked at each other for a brief moment, then turned back to me.

Let us be brief and we will all move on.

I have a number of points to make in the brief time available.

I can be brief because many of my questions have been asked.

I will be brief because a lot has already been said.

I will try to be very brief and to the point.

I should just like to make three more brief points.

Since you'll be in the air for a brief period.

From my brief research, here's what I have in mind for the 5 days.

Let's take a brief look at just a couple of your students.

For just a brief second in time, he was only a man.

I came across a very brief report about my mother's death.

For one brief moment he'd had everything a man could want.

After only a brief rest they started on their way again.

His stay with us must be brief, she told me.

But we hope to live for some brief time yet.

They took a brief rest in the middle of the morning.

He thought back to the morning, a brief three hours ago.

I could tell by the way they looked at each other for a brief second.

She moved away from him, her control lost for a brief moment.

Or try to, in the brief time we have left to us.

Though the church was united for a brief period from 1958 to 1975.

I, for my part, tried to keep the report brief.

"Would we still be able to watch the press brief?"

Soon we both had our hands inside the back of the other's briefs.

She came back with my briefs and held them out.

His first three years in the law, from 1897 to 1900, brought him few briefs.

It was probably part of the alternative brief she'd been given.

But then I do have an appointment with your brief later on.

I left word for her to call me, keeping my message brief.

I have made my story brief which, as a talking man himself, is what he likes.

His brief was to cover the 500-mile route in three days.

His brief was to deal with the issues outlined above.

Who then deliver that team brief, in the same way to all members of staff.

The brief should set the quality standards which the design has to meet.

What could have happened in the last thirty minutes since they had received the security brief?

"These things are interesting as a design brief," she said.

"People are told precisely what they must do," the brief said.

Not surprisingly, the women had a better understanding of the design brief.

His brief said that such a result would be "devastating."

I can't get my team brief done before everybody goes home now then.

All of them have been outlined in our trial brief.

The President may file a trial brief at or before that time.

"Well I'll return your legal briefs before the next meeting."

"I think perhaps you need to read the background briefs."

The brief was from a case in which he would write the majority opinion.

The brief "argues that the Government should take action," he said.

But perhaps you can brief me on the situation we'll be going into.

We'd like to brief you over the next few days.

If you want, I can brief some people in on what we know.

I am sure the major will be able to brief you.

And a team will come down from Washington to brief you.

Now, perhaps you'd be good enough to brief us on the current situation.

And I have no new events to brief you with today.

Together, they'd brief the press at the top of the hour.

He went over there maybe once every two weeks to brief him.

It took him about an hour to brief the general on all the information he had.

Had she wanted to brief him, and if so, why?

There was no plan of attack to brief the men on.

"I want to bring some people over to brief you."

She has also refused to brief the team on her work.

Father must have briefed her on the way home last night.

You have all been briefed on what's to happen and why.

However, they did not brief the secretary general about it.

Even without being briefed, I knew what was going to happen next.

You're only the second President ever to be briefed on the project.

I'd had the whole team briefed about what they should be looking for.

He called the whole team together and briefed them once again.

Members of Congress were briefed on it about a year ago.

But she had been briefed as to the next step.

I had been briefed on what was expected of us.

I want to be briefed at every step along the way.