71.   It is the future of political conventions, and it works, campaign consultants say, by helping candidates and parties connect with voters emotionally.

72.   It points to the officially designated protest areas at the Republican and Democratic political conventions, which they felt were largely ignored by the mainstream press.

73.   It is that thought, more than anything, that has drained all of the drama and much of the meaning from modern political conventions.

74.   It was more on the order of a national political convention nominating the incumbent president.

75.   Jacqueline Kennedy and Pat Nixon were seen but not heard at political conventions.

76.   Just in time for the political conventions.

77.   Koizumi has pledged to scrap political convention, appointing cabinet members based on expertise and merit rather than based on which faction of the party they belong to.

78.   Labor conventions are even more scripted than political conventions.

79.   Led by their viewers, many local news broadcasters are devoting less time to national political conventions.