1.   Anita Roddick has made a virtue of flying in the face of business convention.

2.   Their friendship began with a chance meeting at a business convention.

3.   At a business convention with his brother, Joel Shanbrom met Fletcher at a booth selling Primerica insurance, a program that promised riches by recruiting new members.

4.   But companies showing their wares at the conference, orchestrated by Myers Forums, a research firm that puts on business conventions, were promoting more ambitious services.

5.   Hotel reservations, cruise itineraries that depend on air-sea arrangements, multifaceted vacation packages and business conventions also are impacted.

6.   Jackson appeared in Chicago recently at Black Expo, a black business convention.

7.   Sportsplex planners also hope to rent the center for events as varied as business conventions and ethnic festivals.

8.   Suppose, for instance, that you have to go to Seattle for a business convention.

9.   The Monona center will be host to business conventions and community events.

10.   This was a business convention, after all.