21.   Two years later, a more formal invitation came.

22.   Upon receiving a formal invitation to apply for funding, he turned in a detailed, three-part plan to Fort Detrick officials.

23.   Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic are among ex-Soviet allies expected to be given formal invitations to NATO membership in July.

24.   Afwerki received a formal invitation over the weekend from Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to attend the signing ceremony, Gebremeskel said by telephone from the Eritrean capital, Asmara.

25.   Duan said by telephone that he had not yet received a formal invitation from the pope, but hoped the government would let him go to Rome.

26.   Duan said by telephone Monday that he had not yet received a formal invitation from the pope, but hoped the government would let him go to Rome.

27.   Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki received a formal invitation over the weekend from Ethiopian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to attend the signing ceremony, he said.

28.   Formal invitations to the candidate nations are due to be issued in July at a NATO summit meeting President Clinton would attend in Madrid, Spain.

29.   Formal invitations to new members are due to be issued at a NATO summit in July.

30.   He said Netanyahu was expected to issue a formal invitation to Labor once police have completed an investigation into an influence-trading scandal.