Augusta's chairman dodged the prickly issue of women's membership Wednesday, saying it was a private matter.
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"I think it is a private matter for the Deputy Prime Minister, " he said.
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The pursuit of happiness, Lord Layard's book will convince most people, is a private matter.
"Sexual orientation is a private matter for girls and their families to address, " said spokeswoman Michelle Tompkins.
Perjury on a private matter, perjury regarding sex, is not a great and serious offense against the nation.
This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way.
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Back when Joe wrote this law, domestic abuse was too often seen as a private matter, best hidden behind closed doors.
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"Charles and Martha consider this entire situation to be a private matter, which has no place in the media, " she said.
But the mutual recrimination between the two leaders was not the only thing to give this otherwise private matter a political dimension.
Though the physical attack on CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper garnered lots of media attention, a sexual assault is a more private matter.
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Yet for the most part, disaster recovery is a local, private matter.
Mr Corzine said it was a private matter, and claimed that he would be able to negotiate with her impartially as governor.
Many were saying that what happened between Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, while disappointing, was a private matter between the president and his wife.
"The dispute over the horse remains a private matter, " added Houston.
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She said in the statement that she chose to raise her son as a single parent and that the two agreed that it would be a private matter.
And is presidential lying, which stalls not only a judicial inquiry but also the day-to-day running of the country and even its effectiveness abroad, really a private matter?
Knox's case is a private matter with very little precedence.
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The president did not simply say to his associates that the allegations were false or that the issue was a private matter that he did not want to discuss.
The comments arose during a discussion on whether former International Monetary Fund head Strauss-Kahn's supposedly well-known sexual impulsiveness had been kept quiet because it was seen as a private matter.
Ms. MIRREN: (As Elizabeth) This is a private matter.
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On the one hand, the Queen (Helen Mirren), believing it to be a private matter, stays and broods in Scotland with the Duke of Edinburgh (James Cromwell) and Prince Charles (Alex Jennings).
Soli Sorabjee, counsel for Forbes and a former attorney general in India, argued that as chairman of India's largest media company, Ms. Jain was a public figure and her wealth was not a private matter.
That's the historical record, and it was rejected largely based on the belief that an impeachable offense must be an abuse of presidential power, a great and serious offense against the nation, not perjury on a private matter.
The public also helped the mayor: after he announced a separation from his wife, Donna Hanover, on May 10th, polls showed that most people thought that this was a private matter that would not alter how they voted.
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While divorce is perhaps most appropriately a private matter, some couples do make very public headlines when they split, and for those of us in the business of helping people through divorce, these newsmakers often provide useful cautionary tales.
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Perjury about a purely private matter should at the very least lead this body to question whether no matter how seriously we take the person's violation, for example, of the witness's oath, the drastic remedy of removal from office is the proper response.
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