1.   Governor Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin was reported to have visited three continents at the expense of a major tobacco company.

2.   He may have been a fanatic and outlandish, declaring himself the provisional president of Africa, though he never actually visited the continent.

3.   He recalled that Brown, who had visited the continent five times, had wanted him to come to Africa even before he was president.

4.   The Island Princess will sail from Rome to San Francisco, visiting five continents.

5.   They had visited every continent but Antarctica, and in almost every imaginable way.

6.   Clinton was expected to visit the continent next year.

7.   The former Italian trade minister will visit the continent late January to discuss methods of further boosting trade and cutting traditional reliance on a handful of raw materials.

8.   The royal visit to Africa had partly fulfilled a wish by Diana that her sons visit the continent.

9.   China has spared no effort in launching a diplomatic offensive aimed at Africa and several leaders visited the continent recently.