1.   He left the conference for hours to study it with untouchable colleagues.

2.   And if the WAC members left behind form a new conference, they almost certainly would lose their automatic NCAA Tournament bid.

3.   Biljana Plavsic, the Bosnian Serb president, also left the conference.

4.   Boise State, North Texas and New Mexico State are all leaving the conference.

5.   After a brief speech at the meeting, Castro left the conference in a huff, saying he was called away to urgent business in Cuba.

6.   Also, although many people had left the conference by then, Agouron presented its own largely positive studies at midweek.

7.   Despite so much good music, many people left the conference with the sinking feeling of having spent a week treading water with a rock tied to their legs.

8.   He left the conference in the hands of Albright until his return Thursday night in time for dinner.

9.   I left the conference agreeing with Byers on some counts.

10.   Livingston left the conference surrounded by Capitol police, not taking questions from reporters.