31.   Another task on the agenda would be to convene a national convention to draw up a new constitution.

32.   As lawmakers return from the recess that began before the national political conventions, they confront a new political calculus.

33.   As Republicans gather in San Diego next week for their national convention, they are linked by strong fears and divided by passionate convictions.

34.   As the television networks retreat from coverage of the Democratic and Republican national conventions this summer, dozens of Internet sites are poised to take up the slack.

35.   At national political conventions, they actually take to interviewing each other for lack of legitimate news, the candidates and issues having been determined and reported weeks earlier.

36.   At the Republican national convention that year, Tuttle and Wisdom each led pro-Eisenhower delegations.

37.   At the time, I suggested that future Republican and Democratic national conventions be held on a cruise ship off either coast of the U.S.

38.   At the state convention in May, Richardson lost her race to be a delegate to the national convention.

39.   Baptists will get their fill of jazz in New Orleans at their national convention this month.

40.   Because New York is not a winner-take-all state, that would mean a vigorous minority would appear at the national convention.