1.   The president received a formal invitation to visit Nigeria.

2.   Although newspapers have reported that the museum decided to invite Arafat and then rescinded the invitation, Mandel said no formal invitation was made until Wednesday night.

3.   An official at the National Conference of Catholic Bishops said the conference would consider attending the meeting after it received a formal invitation.

4.   Armed with a formal invitation from Harvard President Neil Rudenstein, Vogel repeated the suggestion at a second meeting several months later.

5.   As of Friday, Plummer had not received a formal invitation, but sources close to the selection process said one is expected Monday.

6.   Bear Stearns is expected to make more formal invitations next week.

7.   After Sinclair wrote to him to say he was coming, Bennison decided to extend him a formal invitation.

8.   Charlton said I could expect my formal invitation in the mail shortly, and that I should RSVP as soon as possible.

9.   Even though the formal invitation to new members will not be made until a conference in Madrid in July, business dealings have already started.

10.   Foreign ministers of the Contact Group, including Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, are expected to meet in London next Friday to issue formal invitations to peace negotiations.