61.   A few days earlier, in Mexico, I heard disquieting stories of pessimism.

62.   A hometown farm girl, she grew up hearing stories about the roughneck port town of Bellefonte.

63.   A story I heard in both the Adirondacks and in the White Mountains this past summer is about a lost hiker who called for help on his cellular telephone.

64.   A social worker heard her story and told her she might be eligible for a job retraining program for people her age.

65.   A year ago, Internet investment conferences offered public companies the reasonable expectation of meeting a few new institutional investors who would hear the story and buy the stock.

66.   After hearing horror stories from a handful of parents, lawmakers last year mandated safety improvements at the school.

67.   After hearing the stories from the central players, most members concluded that Gingrich had never been in serious danger of losing the speakership.

68.   After hearing her story, Simon had tears streaming down his face.

69.   After hearing her story, military employees finally changed their minds and agreed to break military policy and grant her one visit with the doctor.

70.   After hearing his story, Lloyd was shocked to numbness.