11.   The White House announced Tuesday that Bush would shorten his trip to Asia next month.

12.   But every goal scored here can only shorten that trip.

13.   The trip had been shortened when Clinton shut down major portions of the federal government over a budget dispute with the Republican Congress.

14.   The trip was shortened to just Wednesday after China insisted the agenda focus on the war in Yugoslavia.

15.   Hashimoto decided last week to go ahead with the visit despite the stand-off in Peru, although his trip has been shortened by one day.