"I've been campaigning intensely for about eight months now," Mr. Callaghan said at a midday rally in Clarence, a suburb of Buffalo.

Representatives from a dozen consumer, labor and community groups staged a midday rally outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center as Disney shareholders met inside.

Yesterday city labor leaders and faculty members joined a midday rally of several hundred students at City College.

The police estimated that 10,000 people jammed Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, near the United Nations headquarters, for the midday rally, which they said was the largest public gathering since the war began.

Even so, today's midday rally was open only to ticket-holders, many of whom carried signs and wore buttons that identified them as Democratic faithful.

Meanwhile, Hillary and I spoke to a large crowd at a midday rally on Wall Street.

The technology sector, the source of several new profit warnings, once again fell sharply after it and the rest of the market made an unsuccessful attempt at a midday rally.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 4.40 points, to close at 2,320.45, after a midday rally was squelched by weakness in the dollar.

The Dow Jones industrial average carved out a 4.40-point gain, to close at 2,320.45, after a midday rally was squelched by weakness in the dollar and a drop in bond prices.

At the midday rally in St. Louis, Mr. Gore dusted off the rain-or-shine allegory that he has used to close countless events.