31.   Sheik Hamad said conference organizers had sought assurances from Washington that if Arafat attended, he could go home, but such assurances were not forthcoming.

32.   The conference organizer was Jonathan Alger, who, as counsel for the American Association of University Professors, frequently defends academic freedom.

33.   The district requested reimbursement from the conference organizer but has not received it.

34.   The Dalai Lama has told the conference organizers that they should go ahead without him.

35.   The idea behind white studies, explained conference organizers, is to dismantle racism by focusing on white culture, and the privileges that come with it.

36.   The greater hope of the conference organizers was on private business.

37.   The presentations will be displayed at the New York State Museum in Albany until mid-May, conference organizers said.

38.   They contended that the crucial concerns they raised about access in Beijing were virtually ignored by conference organizers.

39.   This move prompted the conference organizers to suspend negotiations for a year.

40.   Three years ago, conference organizers added the youth leadership program.