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• n  a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
• n  an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
• n  a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic

• league
• group discussion

News & Articles

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• The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.K. Increased in April
  BRUSSELS, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  The Conference Board Leading Economic Index ® (LEI) for the U.K. increased 0.2 percent in April, after increasing 0.4 percent in March and 0.6 percent in February. ...
  June 14, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Korea Declines
  NEW YORK, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Korea declined 0.5 percent in April to 120.9 (2004 = 100), following a 1.2 percent increase in March, and ...
  June 14, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Conference USA to hold '14 tournament at UTEP
  Conference USA to hold '14 tournament at UTEP
  June 13, 2013 - CBS Sports

Quotes

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• D Jeffrey Meldrum in Sydney Morning Herald
  Jeffrey Meldrum, a prominent Bigfoot researcher, told science journal Scientific American: "I'm extremely sceptical about this Bigfoot claim. I've had interactions with Tom Biscardi [a well-known Bigfoot hunter who is holding the press conference]...
• Dan Mullen in ESPN (blog)
  Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen said afterward that the replay official should be suspended and added, "I don't even know why we have replay right now in the Southeastern Conference if they're not going to utilize it."
• Mahmoud Abbas in USA Today
  No doubt that before we go to (the conference), the document will be ready,said Abbas, whose authority has been limited to the West Bank since the militant Hamas movement seized control of the Gaza Strip in June.