Questions about how to pay for the plans has led to some intense and often humorous speculation.

Whether this meeting actually took place is a source of intense speculation.

But their selection is less certain despite intense speculation that they will remain.

The transfer also set off intense speculation about Cuba's future.

The brewing group has been the subject of intense speculation for decades.

He has endured days of increasingly intense speculation about his future.

But whether he will actually exercise his veto is a subject of intense speculation.

He sat back for a moment, gazing at his cousin in intense speculation.

There was intense speculation in October 2006 about the future of the series.

The chancellor's plans are always the subject of intense speculation as budget day approaches.