1.   On our way back to Aden we attended a gathering of Arab sheikhs, who presented my father with a magnificent dagger.

2.   Also attending the gathering is U.S. Ambassador to Japan Walter Mondale, who criticized the lack of progress in trade disputes with Japan.

3.   Among the four surviving Mercury astronauts who attended the gathering, Glenn followed his colleague into space the following year as the first American in orbit.

4.   Anna Lincoln attended a gathering of Holocaust survivors in Foster City, Calif., last weekend.

5.   Attending these gatherings has a number of advantages.

6.   Bush, the Texas governor, did not attend the gathering.

7.   Bush attended the gathering of New York police and firefighters to discuss homeland security issues.

8.   But Morales said that just because he attends such gatherings with high-rollers does not mean he is changing.

9.   Citing a scheduling conflict, Bush declined to attend that gathering, as did Zedillo after originally indicating that he would.

10.   He also gives speeches, attends industry gatherings and serves on a variety of boards.