41.   He draws flack for declining to speak to the annual NAACP convention in Charlotte, N.C.

42.   He is in Nashville attending the annual convention of the National Religious Broadcasters, where he is expected to make an announcement about future projects.

43.   He was asked about his presidential ambitions by a member of the Independent Insurance Agents of America at their annual convention in Washington.

44.   He spoke at the annual convention of the international Organization of News Ombudsmen earlier this month in Philadelphia.

45.   His heated comments came as part of a panel at the annual convention of the National Cable Television Association, which runs here through Wednesday.

46.   Hitler had built a huge stadium and massive arena there for annual conventions of the National Socialist Party and for military reviews.

47.   In Atlanta last week, Gore addressed the NAACP annual convention.

48.   In January, at the annual convention of the National Association of Television Program Executives, syndicators pushed a dizzying array of talk shows.

49.   It is sure to be a hot topic at the annual convention of the Modern Language Association in San Francisco later this month.

50.   It scaled back plans for its annual convention, which coincidentally is to begin in Denver later this month.