1.   A hastily convened task force rolled up its sleeves and, wonder of wonders, presented the T with a number of practical solutions to its problem.

2.   A hastily convened midday news conference was attended by notepads and minicams from more than a dozen countries.

3.   In a hastily convened press conference, DWP officials were hard-pressed to explain the extensive outage.

4.   Negotiators at the hastily convened talks at this Red Sea resort originally said they would continue discussions at least through Friday.

5.   The most immediate sign of administration concern over the bombing was a hastily convened meeting of senior security officials called at the White House Monday afternoon.

6.   A hastily convened all-party conference intended to avert a looming constitutional crisis broke up Monday after President Frederick Chiluba failed to show up.

7.   A Palestinian man told a hastily convened special tribunal Thursday that he killed two Israelis to avenge the harassment of Palestinians by Jewish settlers.

8.   He told a hastily convened news conference that these fundamentals were sound.

9.   Netanyahu made the announcement in a hastily convened news conference Saturday evening, after briefing the Likud Cabinet ministers.

10.   Netanyahu told a hastily convened news conference that he would present the appointment to his Cabinet next week, before he leaves for a Mideast summit in Washington.