11.   He noted that the issue had been openly discussed at LAFCO commission meetings.

12.   He said he had done nothing more than challenge staff members during routine commission meetings to verify that they had proper evidence for their cases.

13.   I did not have to sit for five hours in a county commission meeting.

14.   Human rights groups and U.N. officials say that in the past the commission meeting in Geneva had been unique within the U.N. system in its openness to nongovernmental organizations.

15.   In the commission meeting in this down-at-the-heels whaling port, Japan was repeatedly defeated.

16.   Indeed, Ovitz said after the commission meeting he has been in close contact with Tagliabue since the NFL meetings in Atlanta ended last Wednesday.

17.   Labor unions and other groups representing airport workers attended the commission meeting to voice frustration over the layoffs.

18.   Last week, a record number of cabinet members from each government attended the annual Mexican-U.S. binational commission meeting.

19.   Murdoch, who attended the commission meeting, issued an ebullient statement immediately afterward.

20.   On Monday, a two-week preparatory commission meeting begins at the United Nations.