1.   Convention delegates were beaten, stabbed, and shot promiscuously by the police.

2.   Many of these protesters will be outside agitators, even convention delegates, from anti-abortion strongholds like Texas and Florida.

3.   Some convention delegates live near military bases that were closing or had closed.

4.   The departure came just hours before Clinton triumphantly addressed the convention delegates, who unanimously nominated him for re-election Wednesday night.

5.   Ameritech also gave free phone cards to all convention delegates and press and has provided free Internet access as well as given away thousands of hats and pins.

6.   And convention delegates have been forced to avoid anti-gay rights protesters on their way into meetings.

7.   And so, as convention delegates prepare to adopt their new platform today, the byword here is that the agenda underpinning this convention is more centrist.

8.   And the focus of the battle is a hotel booked with convention delegates.

9.   And they have argued that the process of choosing convention delegates favors conservatives.

10.   Any amendments proposed by the convention delegates would have to be submitted to the voters.