61.   Brown deliberately used Air Force jets as often as possible, declaring that, in trade as in diplomacy, symbolism counted for a lot.

62.   But because the tennis off-season is shorter than the holiday shopping season, this is the first event that counts for many top players.

63.   But doing it, a lot of it, counts for something.

64.   But appearances count for a lot in politics.

65.   But for a former president who has known the harsh side of American opinion, the talk-show jokes and poll results surely counted for something.

66.   But foreign competition probably counts for no more than a third of the reason, said Samuelson.

67.   But character does count for something, as the next two debates may yet reveal.

68.   But cheap laughs have to count for something in this deadpan world.

69.   But her charitable heart would have counted for little without her beauty.

70.   But if public scorn counts for anything, Simpson has been given a life sentence without parole.