1.   And though Weld said he has April speaking engagements in both California and Texas, he insisted neither was a presidential exploratory trip.

2.   Checchi, the airline executive, said a few days ago that he planned to make exploratory speaking trips around the state in the coming weeks.

3.   Earlier this year, I was part of an exploratory trip to Antarctica.

4.   He held the first fund-raising lunch for the national political action committee he set up to pay for his exploratory trips around the country.

5.   Later this month Wu will take an exploratory trip to India, which has an acute shortage of power.

6.   The tour operator, REI Adventures, stresses that this is an exploratory trip that has never been run before.

7.   Thurman hopes to make an exploratory trip this summer to Vietnam.

8.   Women on Waves, she says, is now planning an exploratory trip to Portugal, where restrictive laws make abortion largely inaccessible.

9.   The next step is likely to be an exploratory trip to the region by U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

10.   The next step is likely to be an exploratory trip to the region by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.