21.   They also said they would withhold the legal permission required for Chavez to leave the country on two state visits this week.

22.   U.S. officials said Talbott is likely to discuss START II and the anti-ballistic missile treaties during visits this week with Putin and Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, among others.

23.   USC coach Paul Hackett will make a home visit this week to Gordon and his roommate, Mira Mesa quarterback Teyo Johnson.

24.   Updike was back for a two-day visit this week to read from his work at Lehigh University here and speak to a class studying his work.

25.   With each campaign describing Florida as a key battleground state, the visits this week are just a small part of rapidly growing Florida campaigns.

26.   President Clinton plans Christmas week visit to troops in Bosnia.

27.   President George W. Bush was expected to raise the issue during his two-day visit this week to China.

28.   After they got news from the Inn of Last Resort, they merely delayed their visit a few weeks.

29.   An Azeri delegation planning to study a projected pipeline route for Caspian Sea oil through Turkey canceled a visit this week, an energy ministry official said Sunday.

30.   Anti-U.S. activists occupied an office of the American Chamber of Commerce on Monday in a protest against a scheduled visit this week by U.S. President George W. Bush.