Miss Widdecombe brought cheering delegates to their feet on Wednesday with a stem-winding speech outlining the tough measures.

"You don't negotiate with someone who marches into another country, devours it, killing whoever stands in his way," Mrs. Thatcher told cheering delegates today.

"We're on the verge of making history," Ms. Lingle told cheering delegates last weekend at a state party convention.

A small bulldozer demolished the special raised floor that had supported thousands of cheering delegates all week long.

The campus's sweltering gymnasium was packed with cheering delegates, most waving flags or placards.

Then he thought of those cheering delegates in St. Louis; and of the sizeable majorities Hearst obtained in his congressional district.

The next day, the radio blaring with the voice of the excited announcer above the background pandemonium of cheering delegates.

"Never in my wildest imagination did I think that I would one day lead this party," he said as he took to the stage in front of cheering delegates.

Mr. Gramm said today in a ballroom of cheering delegates at the Washington Hilton and Towers Hotel here that he had signed a pledge backing tough anti-abortion language in the Republican Party platform.

The list included these examples: "Medicare does more than meet the needs of the elderly; it reflects the values of our society," Mr. Bush told cheering delegates.