1.   As it turned out, the restaurant would not be ready until well after the visa was approved.

2.   It is not an easy thing for any Cuban national to get a visa approved either by his government or the government of the United States.

3.   Letters to the two men would have been generated automatically and sent to them shortly after the visas had been approved.

4.   Letters to the two men would have been automatically generated and sent to them shortly after the visas were approved.

5.   That question also was asked by school director Davis, who said he was stumped why the embassy approved a visa for Moussaoui.

6.   The dispute arose when the Clinton administration approved a visa for President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan to make an unofficial visit to Cornell, his alma mater.

7.   The official, Samantha Smith, said in an interview that she approved visas specifically requested by President Ernesto Perez Balladares.

8.   The State Department approved the visa.

9.   The visas had been approved before the hijackings.

10.   The visas were approved, but the women never used them, he said.