Word: conventioners
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 5,361,000 members strong, was born + last week in Columbus at a placid "constituting convention." The ELCA, an amalgamation of three Lutheran churches, will establish its headquarters close to Chicago's O'Hare Airport by January. Before then, some congregations that find the...
The jump began as a routine skydiving exercise, part of a convention of 420 parachutists sponsored by Skydive Arizona, but it quickly turned into a test of nerve, instinct and courage, carried out within seconds. Moments after he went out the open hatch of a four-engine DC-4 airplane...
Gary Hart's ritual declaration of presidential candidacy had been foreordained ever since he promised the 1984 Democratic Convention, "This is one Hart you will not leave in San Francisco." But in politics these days, choosing a suitably telegenic backdrop is often as important as the announcement itself. Hart wanted...
The convention, he said, would "look at the drift away from multicultural education toward isolation."
Gore, 39, may be pinning his hopes on the Southern regional primary on March 8, when nearly 30% of the convention delegates may be selected. Gore told a Washington audience that the nation is ready to turn "to youth, vigor and intellectual capacity," presumably his own.