On the whole, the intellectual and rhetorical quality of the speeches was high-considerably higher than I remember from past conventions.

And they said it could look very different from past conventions, as the Democrats update the 140-year-old format.

In all three past conventions, there was no incumbent Democratic President.

Over the past 4 conventions, fans have donated more than US$5,000 to the local food banks.

Liberal Party of Canada leadership elections for the results of all past conventions.

If a quick choice had been required as in past conventions, Carter later recalled, he would probably have chosen Church.

Such gaps have also been found at past conventions.

Many Republicans said the best comparison to a past convention was to 1980 in Detroit.

Delegates for past conventions were chosen by means specified in the legislation calling for the convention.

In past conventions, once a candidate received a majority of the votes, it would start a bandwagon rolling to the nomination.