61.   Indeed, that lead was remarkable given the free fall in support for the NDP after two scandals.

62.   It was understandable given the relentlessly exposed bungling of the Los Angeles Police Department.

63.   Lamy said a dissolution was unlikely given the current mediation effort.

64.   Many bankers, analysts and investors say the report was ill-timed given the profits posted by Hang Seng Bank and HSBC.

65.   More important than its absolute size is whether the tax cut is affordable, given the size of the projected budget surplus.

66.   No one could be pro-Serb given the murderous way the Serbs practiced ethnic cleansing.

67.   Nose drops or sprays may actually be better at protecting against diseases that attack the respiratory system than are vaccines given as shots in the arm, said King.

68.   Offensively, the Sonics relied on outside shots, figuring adventures inside would not be productive given the way the calls were going.

69.   Our own view is that even the latest experiments are justifiable given the potentially great medical advances that could result from such work.

70.   Our polled experts agreed that meat, whether fish, fowl or hooved, should be thick, giving the fork master some latitude.