61.   Microsoft announced the acquisition along with other broadcasting initiatives at the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters.

62.   Much of the decision-making process that has taken place at large annual conventions would occur at smaller, more frequent meetings.

63.   Mutual fund executives generally pooh-poohed the stock-buying boom when they gathered last week in Washington for their annual convention.

64.   National Rifle Association members heard one final blast as they wound down their annual national convention in Phoenix on Sunday.

65.   Next October, many of those same teen-agers will be in Louisville, Ky., where the National FFA has moved its annual convention.

66.   Not since Southern Baptists held their annual convention here has such a righteous, invading army been so blatantly ignored.

67.   On Sunday, Bradley is scheduled to address the annual convention of the Florida Democratic Party.

68.   On the approach to the town she was greeted and escorted for three kilometers by the national motorbiking fraternity, who had gathered there for their annual convention.

69.   One notable exception was an address to the National Association of Black Journalists after he snubbed the annual convention of the National Assocation for the Advancement of Colored People.

70.   One indication is that more Internet businesses have been setting up booths at the annual convention of the National Funeral Directors Association.