1.   The visit to France had been preceded in January by a brief stopover in the United Kingdom en route to the UN Security Council summit.

2.   Bush remained aloft in Air Force One, following a secretive route and making only brief stopovers at Air Force bases in Louisiana and Nebraska.

3.   But this trip I was on my way to Moscow, with a brief stopover in Paris.

4.   College is a one- or two-year apprenticeship, a brief stopover on the road to full-time endorsements.

5.   During their brief stopover in Los Angeles before returning to the road, the Lakers hope to bolster their bench.

6.   He quietly slipped out of this besieged capital aboard a flight to his northern hometown, which diplomats described as a brief stopover en route to permanent exile.

7.   In Washington, the State Department said Friday that Secretary of State Warren Christopher plans to attend the opening talks during a brief stopover on his way to Africa.

8.   Late on Monday, Clinton flew from Bonn to Berlin, with a brief stopover at Ramstein Air Force Base to visit with American troops.

9.   Perry arrived in Kuwait at midday Sunday after a brief stopover in Saudi Arabia.

10.   After his brief stopover in Shenzhen, Chernomyrdin was to fly to Beijing later Thursday for meetings with his Chinese counterpart Li Peng and other top officials.