"He invited polyglot Americans to join hands and sing the old Negro spirituals," he said.

Now the country that made a national policy out of secretiveness invites Americans eight times a year to weigh, measure and X-ray its missile canisters.

She invited Americans to write to her on her website to provide input into what her next steps should be.

'Certainly, sir, you have heard that the French never invite Americans to their homes or their apartments.'

Now, it is reported, they have invited Americans, from Anchorage, to teach them how to make sausages efficiently.

The speaker drew an unintended laugh when he invited Americans to "come and teach us proper behavior in democratic systems."

Robert Pinsky, the poet laureate, invited Americans from all over to write about their favorite poems.

We have invited Americans to inspect for themselves.

And he noted with satisfaction that Vice President Bush had invited Americans to judge him by his decision on a running mate.

On Oct. 3, 1863, just three months after Gettysburg, he invited Americans to give thanks for their blessings in the midst of war.