1.   Gradually its polychrome walls converged upon us, and the foliage grew more lush in the cool shade.

2.   It therefore is converged upon by cumulative selection from two very different starting points.

3.   Whenever famine strikes, Western public and private relief agencies converge upon it with cargo planes, helicopters and land cruisers.

4.   What matters for our p rposes here is that there must be something special about those numbers, because three different species of cicada have independently converged upon them.

5.   For a long moment there was silence as they converged upon the steps of the hall, until David got his voice again.

6.   As Agran tells it, private security guards converged upon him almost instantly.

7.   But scores of patrons, art dealers and museum professionals from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, New York and Chicago also converged upon the city.

8.   From Tallahassee to Jacksonville, Wasdins all over Florida were ready to make the trek north to converge upon Ted Turner Field to watch their favorite Boston pitcher.

9.   Not long ago, Bryant would have challenged the three defenders that converged upon him in the waning seconds Sunday rather than consider the option of using his teammates.