1.   Instead they received a delegation of government officials, scientists, economists and businessmen.

2.   Augustus Aikhomu.

3.   Arafat receives delegations of supportive foreigners and Palestinians.

4.   A Boeing spokesman said the Seattle-based company had no plans to receive a delegation from China this month.

5.   Bush last week received a delegation from Iowa urging him to run, and he previously received a letter from California Republican lawmakers promoting his candidacy.

6.   He stopped all campaigning last week and now spends his days in a heavily guarded house in a village outside Grozny, receiving visiting delegations of village elders.

7.   In his most recent government position under President Vicente Fox, de la Calle received many delegations of U.S. businesses and state governors interested in business ties with Mexico.

8.   Over the past month, Menem has received delegations of Justicialist congressmen and governors almost daily as a sign of his lasting influence.

9.   Putin said he hoped to receive a delegation of U.S. business leaders as well.

10.   Aliev spoke Saturday when he received a delegation from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku.