11.   His whirlwind visit was not expected to bring Israel and the Palestinians closer to a resumption of peace talks, with both having set rigid conditions.

12.   In a series of whirlwind foreign visits, Putin made fast friends with Western leaders, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Helmut Schroeder.

13.   In a whirlwind visit to Estonia Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson pledged to stand by the former Soviet republic if its independence is threatened.

14.   In his first duty as a defending champion, Stricker was flown in on a whirlwind visit for a bemusing series of repetitive interviews.

15.   It was a whirlwind visit by Sanders on his off day from baseball duties with the Cincinnati Reds.

16.   Rumsfeld paid a whirlwind visit to Tajikistan on Saturday evening, saying a special assessment team would look into possible cooperation with the Central Asian nation.

17.   Stymied by Israeli and Palestinian intransigence, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright conceded she made little progress in a whirlwind visit to prod the two sides closer together.

18.   Tea and talk and then it was off to Washington for British Prime Minister Tony Blair after a whirlwind visit to nippy Parliament Hill.

19.   Cheney, currently on a whirlwind visit to the Middle East to drum up support for a reported plan to attack Iraq, left Jeddah on Sunday for Bahrain.

20.   The visit to Bosnia was scheduled as the highlight of the whirlwind visit to US troops throughout the region.