61.   The Sheep Meadow was due to be resodded after the papal visit, so that did no harm.

62.   The State Department, which fears that a papal visit could lend legitimacy to the Iraqi leader, asked Vatican officials to reconsider the trip.

63.   Their talks should pave the wy for a papal visit to Cuba that would symbolize the growing rapprochement between the Vatican and Havana.

64.   There have probably been papal visits that received less coverage.

65.   They analyzed his every word and gesture in a reporting free-for-all befitting a papal visit.

66.   They hope that the papal visit may compel American political leaders to think again about isolating Cuba.

67.   This will both lighten the burden of some local landfill and make a piece of the papal visit available to those who were unable to attend.

68.   Two-thirds of Mexicans are opposed to the over-commercialization of the papal visit, according to one newspaper poll.

69.   Vajpayee, whose party depends on the support of hard-line Hindu groups, is determined to avert incidents during the three-day papal visit.

70.   Whatever the reason, the papal visit to Central Park did not gladden the hearts of all.