The occasional school event or late-afternoon meeting may require some mealtime juggling, but this is the exception, not the rule.

But Mr. Clinton's late-afternoon meeting at the Capitol with senators and representatives from the eight flood-stricken states provided him his first extended opportunity to listen to lawmakers' views of the widening disaster.

Most damning of all is the Sept. 13, 1995, late-afternoon meeting in the Oval Office - Federal property.

Valentine addressed the hitters first at the late-afternoon meeting, pointing out their inability to move runners along and bring them home.

Such was the mood - eager, yet unworried - as players reported for a late-afternoon meeting on the eve of two workouts scheduled for Friday.

Then he convened a late-afternoon meeting of his economic advisers to review the damage to an already weakening American economy.

Earlier, Mr. Roberts talked to reporters after a late-afternoon meeting with Mr. Corzine.

That's a late-afternoon meeting with the president, it's guaranteed to start at least half an hour late and go on two hours longer than scheduled.

The Tigers announced their decision last night after a late-afternoon meeting between Bell and John McHale Jr., the club president.

Mr. Shultz and Mr. Shevardnadze opened their talks in a 90-minute late-afternoon meeting at the State Department, primarily to review organization arrangements.