1.   As sovereign of the Vatican, he commands the respect accorded any visiting head of state.

2.   In a noticeable departure from tradition, he decided against holding a joint press conference with the visiting head of state.

3.   In fact, Chavez seemed to have made friends with nearly all the visiting heads of state.

4.   In the afternoon, the president and visiting head of state usually have a joint press event.

5.   It was remarkable for a visiting head of state to put the president on the defensive on his own turf.

6.   Like his father, he is afforded the respect of a visiting head of state of a government in exile.

7.   On his first day in the Oval Office, Bush invited his mother to sit next to him in the armchair, usually reserved for visiting heads of state.

8.   Patriarch Ilia II, the Georgian prelate, who addressed the pope solely as a visiting head of state, avoided any mention of religious rapprochement.

9.   Spano is not, but he enjoys his status as visiting head of state.

10.   The band greets every visiting head of state, and also performs at every state dinner as well as at various public affairs.