| The girls are not allowed to step out of the conclaves, even to buy so much as a bar of soap or a sachet of shampoo. |
| And for those of us who as journalists covered the two conclaves that year, the memories are etched inalterably in our minds. |
| The consensus is that there were eight ballots, which would make that one of the longer conclaves of the 20th century. |
| Unvarnished first impressions can rapidly get turned on their head if the tide of opinion in these writerly conclaves runs too hard against them. |
| Other cardinals clad in their crimson robes came out to watch him after one of the fastest papal conclaves of the past century. |
| When Gancie went to the national fire chiefs' conclaves in other cities, he was treated like a movie star. |
