Such status may only be conferred by a two-thirds majority of the Council at a special meeting convened for the purpose. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
For the information professional, there comes a change from having the power to inform to one of being able to "convene" - take action. From Wordnik.com. [Internet News: January 2009 Archives] Reference
We have only a few just before court convene, which is twice a year. From Wordnik.com. [Annual Report of the Board of Public Charities of North Carolina, 1910] Reference
Knowing the stakes, Musharraf is in no hurry to convene parliament. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan’s New Prime Minister?] Reference
Now she has called for the elected parliament to convene by Aug. 21. From Wordnik.com. [Standoff In Rangoon] Reference
Barack: Let me convene a study group, a coalition of informed citizens. From Wordnik.com. [Rory Fitzgerald: Breakfast With the Obamas: The Oil Spill] Reference
Scientists will convene in August in Guatemala to work through the new data. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Of The Mayans] Reference
In the YouTube video, he announced plans to convene a bicycle safety summit. From Wordnik.com. [Villaraigosa Bicycle Summit: Fall From Bike Spins LA Mayor Into Cycle Advocate] Reference
He'd convene a bipartisan commission to refashion Social Security and Medicare. From Wordnik.com. [Candidate For The Status Quo] Reference
Agency for International Development will convene in Iraq to study the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Of Eden] Reference
We convene in Dick's Bar, sitting in high-back chairs, mellow wine in golden cups. From Wordnik.com. [Softball Diamond Produces More Than Just a Game] Reference
The FDA will convene a panel and make additional recommendations in four to six weeks. From Wordnik.com. [Rotavirus vaccine for children investigated: What you should know] Reference
At dawn we convene, an adiaphorous wind caresses us with listless fingers, vainglorious and animal. From Wordnik.com. [THE BOOK OF SUCH ~ a suite of poems] Reference
Edwards says that he would also convene "direct talks" with Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria. From Wordnik.com. [The Candidates on Iraq] Reference
And we have a wonderful orchestra of musicians from across the United States that convene every summer there. From Wordnik.com. [An Oasis Of New Music At The Cabrillo Festival] Reference
Leaders from around the world will convene this week in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, to discuss the future of Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [BENITA FERRERO-WALDNER] Reference
With a grand jury expected to convene this week, lawyers for both sides say they're still formulating strategy. From Wordnik.com. [Death In A Dumpster] Reference
He'll have to convene parliament, which the MDC won by a slim majority in the first round election last March 29th. From Wordnik.com. [Isolation Nation] Reference
I hope that one day doctors convene a different conference, one to solve the puzzle of Chávez's warped psychology. From Wordnik.com. [Behind exhumation of Simon Bolivar is Hugo Chavez's warped obsession] Reference
For the legislature to convene, unionists must this week accept a deal devised by the British and Irish governments. From Wordnik.com. [Time For A Makeover] Reference
Clinton announced he would convene a bipartisan conference of mayors, governors and congresspeople on welfare reform. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton's Values Blowout] Reference
They can convene a focus group, but that's a cumbersome and costly way to assess the tastes of 3 million subscribers. From Wordnik.com. [Era Of The Super Cruncher] Reference
Those concerns led Washington last week to convene a hasty 47-nation conference on aid to the former Soviet republics. From Wordnik.com. [Can Boris Yeltsin] Reference
Conference of Catholic Bishops to convene with Vatican officials in Rome to discuss the recent U.S. sexual-abuse scandals. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Governor Crist says he wants to convene the special session, but he's meeting resistance from Republicans in the state House. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf Disaster Spills Over Into Florida Politics] Reference
But Clinton fuzzes over the fact that he really has no "plan" for health care other than to convene experts to think about it. From Wordnik.com. [Let The Campaign-Ad Games Begin] Reference
On June 25, the United Nations General Assembly will convene a session on HIV/AIDS, the first ever devoted to a public-health crisis. From Wordnik.com. [Aids At 20] Reference
But he has acknowledged his political foes 'right to convene a nonbinding referendum on his turbulent four-year reign by next August. From Wordnik.com. [Power To The People] Reference
Besides reading the Nielsen tea leaves, these demographics gurus convene focus groups to ask people which shows they're loving or hating. From Wordnik.com. [You Call This A Golden Age?] Reference
Over the past month the Tea Party, in the wake of their race problems, has decided to convene a Race Summit at Independence Mall on 7/31. From Wordnik.com. [Joe The Nerd Ferraro: Seriously, When Are You Going to Stand Up?] Reference
The incoming president should convene a truth commission, with subpoena power, to explore every possible misdeed and derive lessons from it. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Torture] Reference
Next month the Federal Emergency Management Agency will convene an El Nino summit to discuss its possible impact throughout the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For El Nino] Reference
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