51.   The nice little social gatherings turned into gang-tackling cookoffs.

52.   The NAACP needs more speeches like he needs more banquets and social gatherings.

53.   The social gathering was a strategy session for Native Americans to discuss ways to stop the government from making the mountain a nuclear dump.

54.   The social gathering was also a strategy session for Western Shoshones and other Indians to discuss ways to stop the government from making the mountain a nuclear dump.

55.   Their strategies range from banning mention of Simpson at social gatherings to packing away television sets for the duration to seeking alternative news sources in cyberspace.

56.   They also envision it as a spot for social gatherings.

57.   They hold meetings, mostly social gatherings at, say, a pool hall or a miniature golf course.

58.   They hold social gatherings that draw hundreds of students.

59.   True, Solana added, it was not the warmest social gathering, but Clinton tried his best.

60.   When Stephen J. Wade goes to a social gathering of fellow oil-industry executives, he is not there just to schmooze.