When Ms. Robertson called, a customer service representative laid out a plan.
In the afternoon, a far larger and more enthusiastic group chanted and cheered as Representative Ron Paul laid out his vision for reshaping the nation.
Even as some allies expressed doubts about his intention to run, Representative Anthony D. Weiner laid out a forceful agenda on Monday for a possible 2009 mayoral campaign and issued a stinging critique of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, his likely chief rival in the race.
National Startup Weekend representative Nick Seguin laid out the rules and local organizers Brian Billingsley and Suzy Bureau efficiently moved the event forward.
In contrast, Representative Paul D. Ryan, who laid out his ticket's policy to "oppose abortion with the exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother," appeared to represent the principled, Catholic anti-abortion position.
Representatives of the College Board laid out for officials of the University of California today the changes they proposed in the company's main college admission test taken by hundreds of thousands of the nation's high school students.
The Republican plan, laid out by Representative Bill Archer of Texas, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, was intended in part to reduce the so-called marriage penalty paid by many two-income couples and represented a counteroffer to a more narrowly drawn provision proposed last week by Mr. Clinton.
More recently, in a series of presentations to business leaders, local elected officials and community representatives of Chinatown, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly laid out his plan for securing the trial: blanketing a swath of Lower Manhattan with police checkpoints, vehicle searches, rooftop snipers and canine patrols.
Last January in Arlington, Virginia, nearly 100 representatives from academia, industry, and government laid out the general goals for the next decade of nanotechnology research by U.S. government agencies.
Then, nearly at the end of the process at a final credit committee meeting, I received an e-mail advising me that the deal had been declined for the precise risks that were laid out to the representative at the very beginning of the process.
