1.   At a specially called meeting, he read the riot act to his staff for their poor handling of the crisis.

2.   But in a hastily called meeting that Thursday, McDermott told the other directors that he had a personal problem that might affect the offering.

3.   In a hastily called closed-door meeting, leaders of his party pleaded with him to retract his statement, which he did.

4.   In a hastily called closed-door meeting, leaders of the party, the United Malays National Organization, pleaded with him to retract his statement, which he did.

5.   Britain also began preparations for a hastily called meeting of the so-called Contact Group in London on Thursday to discuss the crisis.

6.   In a hurriedly called meeting with bank leaders, Finance and Economy Minister Kang Kyong-shik said the government will help banks when they suffer credit crunches.

7.   The hastily called meeting between the two heads of states came after Hashimoto upbraided Peru twice early last week for the aggressive police maneuvers.