1.   As of Friday afternoon, the marchers and Gov. Fob James, who ran on a conservative platform, had still not agreed to meet.

2.   After weeks of sometimes bitter and divisive debate, Republicans Monday adopted a strongly conservative platform with tough stands on abortion, immigration and affirmative action.

3.   But mostly moderates are lying low, assuming that the more rough-hewn planks in the conservative platform will be smoothed down to an acceptable gloss by the Senate.

4.   Conservative platforms were explained in vivid detail.

5.   Delegates are expected to handily approve a conservative platform settled last week after skirmishes over abortion.

6.   He did not elaborate on his split with the Taxpayers Party, but he warmly endorsed the group and its hard-line conservative platform.

7.   He later was criticized for fatally weakening Dole by forcing him to embrace a more conservative platform that voters rejected.

8.   It was easier for them to swallow conservative platform planks and his stands against gun control and abortion rights.

9.   McCain opposes abortion rights and supports building up the military, both mainstays of the conservative Republican platform.

10.   Merkel understands that the election will be won in the political center and wants to keep the parties from too conservative a platform, Andersen said.