No member of the Shadow Cabinet had their resignation briefed out at 3am in the conference hotel bar.

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The present drive for a moratorium is backed not only by the death penalty's usual opponents but also by the American Bar Association, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and such influential newspapers as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the St Louis Post-Dispatch.

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It now has 37 ensuite bedrooms, including two four-poster suites, two restaurants, conference facilities and a bar.

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Danette Meyers is senior vice president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and chair of the Diversity Conference Planning Committee.

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Another nice touch: Mullen tricked out a conference room in Virgin style, with groovy lamps, red and orange Gerber daisies and bar stools--resembling those in the airline's Upper Class cabin--all around a conference table.

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Think about this next time you walk past the Halloween candy-filled conference room: A tiny, fun size Snickers bar packs a whopping 80 calories, and so do ten little pieces of candy corn!

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Justice Graves is currently a Fellow of the Mississippi State Bar, and has served on a variety of committees of the National Conference of State Trial Judges, working on issues of concern common to state judges.

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For years, people in the conference business have been advocating the application of interactive event concepts (think of open space, bar camps, unconferences).

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When he addressed the conference, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling was heckled about changes to legal aid by members of the Criminal Bar Association, including barrister Andrew Taylor, a former Tory candidate.

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