61.   The department forecast that small and medium-sized companies will be hardest hit during the second quarter this year when the economy is expected to bottom out.

62.   The newspaper Le Matin reported that a school and several homes were hit during the attack.

63.   The president said Giusti apparently died of a heart attack after a bullet hit him during the assault.

64.   The property market, hit hard during the missile crisis, already has shown signs of a recovery.

65.   The report said Israeli troops completed destruction of three buildings in the compound that were hit during an Israeli operation last Thursday.

66.   The visitors have regained some composure after stomach bugs and a string of injuries to key players hit them during the one-day series.

67.   Those who have played in the Walker Cup say the significance of the event hit them during the opening ceremony.

68.   Twelve passengers were injured when a jetliner hit turbulence high above the Australian Outback during a flight from Singapore to Sydney on Thursday, a Sydney airport official said.

69.   U.S. military officials are looking into reports that Red Cross warehouses in Afghanistan were hit during U.S.-led bombing raids, the White House said Tuesday.

70.   When talk of a new U.S. attack first arose, there was a run on kerosene lanterns because electricity plants were hit during the Gulf War.