21.   That failure increased the chances of a messy floor fight over abortion when the convention opens next Monday and delegates will vote on the platform.

22.   The bottlenecks would only get worse if the delegates voted for their fanciful, pampered version of New York.

23.   The delegates also voted for the two unions to extend their agreement not to raid each other for members.

24.   Under the compromise, the ABA delegates would vote in a year on specific recommendations of the task force.

25.   When the delegates voted Tuesday to adopt the party platform, they dispensed with the traditional phone call between the podium and the state chairpersons.

26.   All the delegates voted for Mega, and we want her to be nominated for the presidency of this country.

27.   At the meeting, the delegates voted to begin collecting signatures for a referendum on local elections.

28.   At the district level, these village delegates will vote secretly for loya jirga members, chosen from among themselves and allocated proportionally nationwide according to population.

29.   But delegates voted to delay a merger to give leaders time to work out details, including what the name of the unified denomination would be.

30.   But the delegates voted to go ahead with the elections, determined not to be intimidated by the rebels.