A panel convened last year to help it adjust advised that it increase its nonfare income; the naming rights are part of that strategy.

"We will not show up," a senior Administration official said today when asked what Washington would do when the panel convened.

Nevertheless, almost as soon as the panel convened, it came under attack.

But that could change on Wednesday, when the panel convenes to discuss the data and make recommendations.

The panel convened an all-day workshop in Washington on June 22, and heard from both proponents and opponents of the research.

The panel has not yet convened to hear the case against her.

Just after the panel convened, President Clinton spoke to trade association executives defending his proposal and expressing optimism about its future.

And unless a mayoral panel convened to investigate the accident deems otherwise, the M&M's balloon will be back, too: it has a three-year contract.

But that cannot be an excuse for hiding the very existence of this study from an expert advisory panel convened to review the latest safety evidence.

A panel of outside scientists will convene a three-day meeting in Washington on Monday to review the report.