61.   White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry announced the decision to grant another visa to Adams, who has visited the United States three times since Clinton became president.

62.   Yet now Congress is poised to pass a bill that would grant visas to tens of thousands more temporary high-tech workers from abroad.

63.   Yugoslav consulates in China freely grant tourist visas to Chinese, and the legal passage to Yugoslavia eases the way for illegal entry to the rest of Europe.

64.   Pakpahan said his visa was granted after an appeal.

65.   Pakistani diplomats at missions in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates said applications were being scrutinized and only professionals were being granted visas.

66.   A Solomon Islands boxer who suffered severe head injuries in an amateur bout has been granted a visa to enable him to stay in New Zealand for treatment.

67.   A Hong Kong government spokeswoman said Chinese officials were granted visas in November to attend meetings of the Selection Committee.

68.   After a long interview at the embassy last fall, El Ghanam was granted a visa so he could make his case for asylum in Switzerland.

69.   And was it a quid pro quo in the area for your granting a visa to Gerry Adams to fund-raise in the United States?

70.   An onlooker said Evangelista slumped onto a couch, puffing away at a cigarette, while officials reviewed the case and eventually granted the visa.