21.   The visit marked the only time that President Hafez Assad of Syria has attended an event where Israeli leaders were present.

22.   The visit marks a rare Palestinian acknowledgement of Jewish suffering.

23.   The visit also marks a temporary reprieve from gutter politics on the home front after the opposition faction took the trip as a mere image-building exercise.

24.   The visit marked the first time the women have appeared together in public since inauguration weekend two months ago.

25.   The visit marks a restoration of ties between the princess and the British Red Cross, broken off after her traumatic divorce last year from Prince Charles.

26.   The visit marks another chapter in a long, bitter battle over the building, now known as the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts.

27.   The visit marks his third to Saudi Arabia and was announced in Washington only a day earlier.

28.   Veiga said the two-day visit marked the beginning of a campaign to expand its relations with Asia.

29.   Fourteen years ago the symbolic visit marked the arrival of the socialist president who aspired to sweep away the Gaullist heritage of the preceding generation of French leaders.

30.   He said his visit would mark a new stage in relations between China and France.