1.   Four senior officials in the Foreign Affairs and Interior ministries were dismissed or resigned over their role in granting him entry.

2.   But the government has not indicated whether Thich Nhat Hanh would be granted entry in either circumstance, Singh said.

3.   By one account, the organizer, Unanian, carried press credentials that granted him entry, but the account was not confirmed.

4.   If the families are granted entry, most are expected to gravitate toward Miami because they have relatives or links there.

5.   Immigration authorities said later that they erred in granting him entry.

6.   On Friday, Justice Department officials are expected to list the conditions under which the families would be granted entry.

7.   One option under consideration, the official said, would be to stop granting blanket entry to virtually all Cubans who flee to the United States.

8.   Several officials said they doubted that the president would stop granting blanket entry, mainly because it would enrage many Cuban-Americans.

9.   St Peter grants him entry as well.