61.   Probably the last thing investors wanted to see Friday was strong economic data showing the manufacturing sector expanding at a brisk pace, even though there were suspicions.

62.   Salvador Parra of Mexico was commissioned to set a brisk early pace for the top runners, then drop out somewhere around the halfway point.

63.   Since cable operators have been signing up broadband customers at a fairly brisk pace, they have found little incentive to offer AOL-branded high-speed access.

64.   Some analysts even suggested that the Fed might move to tighten credit later in the year if the economy continued to advance at a brisk pace.

65.   So various airlines, hotel companies and other groups have introduced campaigns in recent weeks to try to get things going at a brisk pace again.

66.   Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki, who has set a brisk pace since being assigned to the case, scheduled opening arguments for Tuesday.

67.   The ballet proceeds at a brisk pace, the shimmering occasionally interrupted by lyrical, lingering duets.

68.   The brisk pace made for easy watching, but, like other crowd-pleasers, the show did not satisfy the demons of the media.

69.   The company opened stores at a brisk pace and concentrated on higher-ticket merchandise.