Sentence examples for gathering called for from inspiring English sources

The gathering called for an independent Lithuanian state within ethnic frontiers with Vilnius as its capital, and it elected a 20-member Taryba, or council.

The comments, made during an annual shareholders gathering, called for an additional $1 billion in savings through 2001, which would bring the total to $5 billion since a restructuring program was put in place two years ago.

At turns nationalistic and pragmatic, Mr. Karzai, addressing the loya jirga, the traditional Afghan council gathering, called for a long-term agreement that would put detailed limits on American military operations while ensuring they could continue beyond the present 2014 deadline to withdraw troops.

US state department spokesperson Jen Psaki said a review of US intelligence gathering, called for by President Obama, would look at how it affects foreign policy.

The consensus at the five-day gathering called for strong growth in emerging markets like China, India and Brazil, and poor growth in Japan and much of Europe, with the United States somewhere in between.

Yemen remains deeply divided as protesters continue to hold daily mass gatherings calling for Mr. Saleh to resign, and Mr. Saleh's family and allies cling to power, refusing to step aside.

Since the fall of the banks in October, there have been no resignations from the government, the boards of the now nationalized banks have remained substantially the same, and weekly gatherings calling for new elections have been ignored.

Truncheon-wielding riot police officers stormed a Nazarene church here in the capital last month to break up a gathering called to pray for peace.

Earlier this year Ms. Waters announced an ambitious gathering called Slow Food Nation, planned for next May in San Francisco.

And a gathering called "What Happened to My Retirement Nest Egg?" is scheduled for Watsonville, Calif.

Echoing this, Mrs Beckett said that even if the gathering had called for ceasefire now, it is likely it would have been impossible to implement it under the current conditions.