"A recess of half an hour was then taken, and some little caucusing followed.

Mr. Havel spoke, as scheduled, before the caucusing had ended.

After the trustees' action, students assembled in the dining hall, some caucusing in small groups.

Whatever date Louisiana Republicans finally choose for their Presidential caucuses next spring, maybe they should let Democrats join once the caucusing starts.

That bending in turn attracts other proteins to the pleated areas, a molecular caucusing that ends up blocking DNA replication and killing the cell.

But after the long day of political caucusing and confusion, this debate, even if facing a foregone conclusion, suddenly brought the Senate back to the gravity of the case to banish the President.

To those who point to a flurry of pre-election caucusing, Freeman replies, "The national caucuses of May 1800 were attempts to create national party unity, not expressions of it."

"It causes undue stress, animosity, breaking up of friendships, too much caucusing, too many meetings, when we should be there getting somebody elected," said Mrs. McKenzie, who says she is pro-choice.

Technology was also involved in the IPM's caucusing, as it used the Internet to conduct a two-day online "virtual caucus" for people who were unable to attend the evening of Super Tuesday.

That was a state that Mr. Gramm had boasted he would win right up until the night of the caucusing, thus elevating what otherwise might have been a passing political event into a well-covered embarrassment.

Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas took an apparently unbeatable lead Saturday as Virginia Democrats began two days of Presidential caucusing, capturing 53 percent of the vote and moving closer to becoming his party's nominee.

New York will have a chance on Sunday to bask in some gratitude for shouldering the inconvenience and expense of security, blocked intersections, intrusive motorcades and booked-up restaurants caused by all of the high-level caucusing.

At one point amid the caucusing and bickering, Mr. Longo and Mr. Chema retreated into a men's room outside the Council chamber to talk with the Mayor and Mr. Cola.

All the newly acquired skills and knowledge should then help them during the final Conference, when they can experience real negotiations let it be during formal sessions or informal caucusing and get a unique inside into the decision-making processes of the European Union.

This most commonly happens with a nominated agenda at the tournament, although some areas have a system of informal caucusing or highly organized committees, which convene to review legislation that has been subdivided by the tournament to address a specific topic area, such as is done in the National Catholic Forensic League and Illinois Congressional Debate Association.