11.   He was set to take part in the ceremonial opening of the Masters on Thursday.

12.   His official role, as laid out by the Bonn Agreement among Afghan factions signed in December, limits him to the ceremonial opening of the council.

13.   President Saddam Hussein, an international pariah, is to conduct the ceremonial opening.

14.   Reaching out to the group, Bush participated in the ceremonial opening of a new job training center built by the local Hispano Chamber of Commerce.

15.   Ranariddh and his political ally Sam Rainsy led a slow exodus of opposition lawmakers to Bangkok after the ceremonial opening of parliament in September.

16.   Ross is due to go to Israel on Monday for the ceremonial opening of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians on an overall settlement.

17.   The ceremonial opening Thursday comes amid intense, last-minute bargaining over ground rules.

18.   The foreign travel ban was lifted after the opposition attended the ceremonial opening of parliament last week.

19.   The Iraqi president was to have conducted the ceremonial opening.

20.   The start of the race was moved here after the ceremonial opening of the contest Saturday in Anchorage because of a lack of snow to the south.