There was no consensus after the closed gathering, sponsored by the American Medical Association and billed as a "listening session" rather than a strategy meeting.

The annual gathering, sponsored by the District of Columbia's Fraternal Order of Police, is known as "Police Week."

These gatherings range from small gatherings sponsored by local clubs to large gatherings like the Pacific Primitive Rendezvous and others.

But this year, the gathering, sponsored by the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Power Engineering Society, was energized by the blackout.

It is considered the largest annual gathering of Z car clubs and enthusiasts in America, sponsored by Nissan.

He has been the guest at gatherings sponsored by business groups like the United States Business and Industrial Council, which was valuable as a way of reaching executives who might contribute.

But three other panelists at the gathering sponsored by the Japanese-American National Museum and the Los Angeles Jewish Federation were interned for three years of their youth.

Hints of Anti-Semitism At one such gathering last month, sponsored by three magazines that cater to Russian nationalists, the speeches included crowd-pleasing hints of anti-Semitism.

The bread and butter of the Bridgehampton calendar were races and other gatherings sponsored by national and regional sports car clubs.

Conference materials describe intelligence ethics as "an emerging field" and call the gathering, not sponsored by any government agency, the first of its kind.