It was just another academic gathering, a recent conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first graphic novel.

She added that Ms. Ravitch had discussed preliminary findings at some academic gatherings.

On the podium, Buddy shocks an academic gathering by taking over Sherman and talking dirty.

But she is equally vivid in capturing Ugwu's teenage lust, his comic rivalry with other servants or the tenor of late-night academic gatherings.

In fact, I know of no instance in which Mr. Kennedy has been excluded from academic gatherings because he criticized minority writers.

Falk also hosts large academic gatherings, student productions and music shows and freshman convocation.

But Melita is not an academic gathering.

Just enough, with the experience of years at academic social gatherings, to be able to make the necessary sage nods and judicious noises at the proper intervals.

Meanwhile, many more mainstream poets in both Britain and the United States were giving poetry readings, largely to small academic gatherings on university campuses.

He was also invited to Moscow, where he performed at academic gatherings and ethnographic concerts.