Outside the Republican convention, largely peaceful protests were marred by a few thugs who smashed windows.
Makes you wonder: With billions to be made, maybe private investors could build the convention hall?
The progress made by specific countries in implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
To this day it has been ratified by 133 countries, including Cyprus, which ratified the Convention in 2006.
So George has about what mayors get: He has a convention center and a playground named after him.
Stan Lee remains an integral part of the annual San Diego Comic-Con convention.
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The convention acknowledges that the exercise of this right may be subject to certain restrictions.
This week's Republican Convention allows us to look at the way the Republican Party has changed.
And that's why a lot of Republicans now look back on the 1964 convention fondly.
And let's listen to him attempt - attempt to give a speech at that 1964 convention.
Convention centers are springing up everywhere, in big cities (Denver, Portland, Ore.) and small (Schaumburg, Ill.).
Mr. TOM SANSONETTI (Republican Coordinator for County Convention, Wyoming): Those that showed did well.
That is better than Mr Kerry's non-bounce (his vote actually fell after his convention).
Last weekend the tour alighted at the Long Beach Convention Center in Southern California.
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IMO's 1988 Rome convention, which provides an international legal framework to chase, prosecute and extradite pirates.
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The vehicle for this effort is a Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.
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The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer safeguards human health and the environment.
She's also becoming a regular on the hacker convention scene, where her talks attract huge crowds.
There are now 120 full members of the convention, with another 21 on the way.
词组短语
international convention 国际惯例；国际公约；国际协定
convention center n. 会议中心；会展中心
national convention 全国代表大会（美国政党为总统候选人提名而召开）；国民公会（指1792－1795年间的法国议会）
berne convention 伯恩公约
by convention 按照惯例
paris convention 巴黎公约
party convention 政党代表大会
warsaw convention 华沙公约（1929年在华沙签订的关于国际航空运输统一规则的公约）
naming convention 命名约定
social convention 社会惯例，社会传统
geneva convention 日内瓦公约
constitutional convention 宪法惯例；制宪会议；1787年美国制宪会议（Constitutional Convention）
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