The Texas Aggies got a day off Monday -- a special gift from Coach Jim Myers for its conference victory last Saturday night, but Myers announced that halfback George Hargett, shaken up in the Tech game, would not play against Trinity Saturday.

Most of the special interest groups also have an annual conference.

Papers from a recent Rabbinical Assembly conference on theology were printed in a special issue of the journal Conservative Judaism ( Winter 1999 ); the editors note that Kaplan's naturalism seems to have dropped from the movement's radar screen.

For example, in the United Methodist Church, bishops are elected for life, can serve up to two terms in a specific conference ( three if special permission is given ), are responsible for ordaining and appointing clergy to pastor churches, perform many administrative duties, preside at the annual sessions of the regional Conferences and at the quadrennial meeting of the worldwide General Conference, have authority for teaching and leading the church on matters of social and doctrinal import, and serve to represent the denomination in ecumenical gatherings.

A special conference of scholars on Pius XII on the 50th anniversary of his death was held in Rome on 15 – 17 September 2008, by Pave the Way Foundation, a nonsectarian organization founded by Gary Krupp, a Jewish American, which promotes interfaith cooperation.

Because of the shortened season, the NFL adopted a special 16-team playoff tournament, in which eight teams from each conference were seeded 1 – 8 based on their regular season records.

A press conference scheduled for 18 October was described as " a special press conference for a very important announcement.

Later on, October 8, 2006, she appeared as a special surprise guest at the opening ceremony of the Forum 2000 international conference in Prague, Czech Republic.

Furthermore this conference stipulated specific territories could have special relations with the Kingdom of the Netherlands if they wanted to.

One can also surf on the Internet at hotels, conference centres and shopping centres, where special areas are reserved for this purpose.

A conference organized by the Center for Law, Economics, and Public Policy at Yale Law School and held at American Enterprise Institute was published in a special issue of the Journal of Law and Economics of The Journal of Law and Economics.

Located just below the large rotunda, this 8, 200-square-foot education facility provides classes and lectures about the visual and performing arts and opportunities to interact with the museum's collections and special exhibitions through its labs, exhibition spaces, conference rooms and the Peter B. Lewis Theater.

The archbishop opened the conference with an address: deliberation followed ; committees were appointed to report on special questions ; resolutions were adopted, and an encyclical letter was addressed to the faithful of the Anglican Communion.

On 8 November 2008, with all parliamentary members and founder Desmond O ' Malley united in the opinion that the party was no longer politically viable, delegates to a special conference in Mullingar voted by 201 votes to 161 to bring the Progressive Democrats to an end.

After critical negotiations, he secured on 8 July an agreement with Germany accepting the international conference proposed by the sultan of Morocco on the assurance that Germany would recognize the special nature of the interest of France in maintaining order on the frontier of her Algerian empire.

Worship is also a major highlight of the conference ; special attention is paid to incorporating diverse worship styles, even including songs in foreign languages.

At a special conference of the Militant tendency in October 1991, after a lengthy period of debate and discussion, 93 % of delegates voted to support the " Scottish turn ".

A special conference decided that support could be given to either ILP or SDF candidates, which brought a further four contests into the picture.

In 1932 the ILP held a special conference and voted to disaffiliate from Labour.

The special features included some of the following ; " The Diary of Anne Frank: Echoes From the Past " featurette, a press conference with director George Stevens, MovieTone news announcing public appearances by Millie Perkins, a screen test, and an audio commentary by Millie Perkins and George Stevens Jr, the director's son.

This was approved by a special party conference of over 1, 000 delegates at Dublin's National Concert Hall in January 1993, though there were some Labour Party TDs, who dissented from the leadership position.

Burger did not allow an opinion to be assigned, first by asking for a special conference on the case, and then by delaying the case for reargument when that conference fell through ( even though he never held a formal vote on holding the case over for reargument ).

A judicial recount under the jurisdiction of a special panel of the High Court began on 10 May 2004 and ended on May 18, 2004.

Production ended on 29 December 2006 with last deliveries in March 2007, except by special arrangement.

The latter Comic Relief special was shown after the series officially ended in Spring 2001.

Teams ended up only playing nine regular season games, and the league conducted a special 16-team, four-round playoff tournament where divisions were ignored in the seeding.

Jordan ended its special defense treaty relationship with the United Kingdom in 1957.

UGO Networks listed Leia as one of their best heroes of all time, stating that " even though she ended up hanging out with goofy teddy bears and making out with a doughy Harrison Ford, she always had that special something ".

Even though the show had ended its 18 year television network run, in 1990 Johnny Young used his own money, and his television studio and recording complex to produce a one-off direct-to-video special " Young Talent Time Now-1990 ".

It ended a long-standing political taboo by providing significant federal aid to public education, initially allotting more than $ 1 billion to help schools purchase materials and start special education programs to schools with a high concentration of low-income children.

The Two Ronnies ended with the 1987 Christmas special.

Due to some of the circumstances of the prosecution and the underlying situation at the hospital, a special prosecutor with the Texas Attorney General's office became involved after the criminal prosecution against the two nurses ended.

Around 7000 men were granted non-combatant duties, while a further 3000 ended up in special work camps.

The programme's run ended with a live New Year's Eve special broadcast through to the early hours of New Year's Day 1988 ; material included " Hotel California " by The Eagles, live from 1977, and " Bat Out of Hell " by Meat Loaf.

The motorized amateur cameras powered by clockwork ( spring ) motors were first made in 1934, and ended with a special limited edition collector's model, " Star Classic ", in 1996.

The regiment or army sets also get special names, some of which seem to have ended up as popular male names.

In 2002, Vampire High made its US debut on January 7, 2002 and it ended on May 27, 2002 with a hour-long special titled " Both Sides Now / Sunrise ".

After the war ended, Donovan reverted to his lifelong role as a lawyer to perform one last duty: he served as special assistant to chief prosecutor Telford Taylor at several trials following the main Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal in Germany.

These plot strands ended when Satan finally arranged for the Professor to be accepted into Heaven a short time after the events of the 2002 Christmas special ( an incident not covered in the series ).

A referendum ended his one party state, and a special assembly stripped him of his title.

The special ended in mid-April 2000.

Secondly, Apple used special " self-sync " bytes to achieve agreement between drive controller and computer about where any byte ended and the next one started on the disk.

The programme ended with a clip from a 1978 Morecambe & Wise special as the closing credits played.

A special montage ended the station's last broadcast on New Year's Eve 1992.

The special tour ended on September 21 with a concert on the 20th anniversary of their first release.

The original production of the show ended in 1960, but re-runs and the occasional special broadcast continued for a few years.