1.   Already the Vatican has accused the United States of trying to use the conference to impose contraception and abortion on poor countries and people of religious faith.

2.   But he also used the conferences to rein in rising expectations.

3.   But Perot could not prevent another political maverick, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, from using the conference to lash out at both parties.

4.   Dell used the conference as a platform to introduce new products and to wine and dine its most important customers.

5.   Genentech Inc. will use the conference to unveil the results of three studies that test a new cancer-fighting theory called anti-angiogenesis.

6.   IBM executives also used the conference to ease fears that the company would abandon its popular Lotus Notes group-ware program for some other Internet-related strategy.

7.   Islamic radicals have begun using the conference as a way to assail secular Arab governments, notably those of Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.

8.   It also used the conference to announce two deals with other Internet companies.

9.   Reformers fear that opponents would use a conference to weaken or bury the campaign finance bill.

10.   Some hardline Muslim fundamentalists argue that the West is not only using the conference to promote its own values, but to restrict population growth among Muslims.