61.   And in the last decade, a burst of fine writing and a fresh generation of directors have injected new blood into theater there.

62.   And in the last decade, high-technology businesses have sprouted throughout the region, bringing high-paying jobs and conspicuous affluence.

63.   And over the last decade, most colleges have had to grapple with the decline in high school graduates.

64.   And in October, the Great Sphinx of Giza will be stripped of the scaffolding that has covered it during renovations that have lasted for the last decade.

65.   And in the last decade, the labor market transformed itself from being relatively static, and thus inefficient, to relative fluidity.

66.   And had not people like Gianni Versace made sexiness an acceptable part of haute mode in the last decade, Versolato might be somewhere dressing strippers.

67.   And he has overseen the rise in the last decade of pro basketball as one of the forces in our entertainment-glutted culture.

68.   And layoffs are always a threat, though very few have been imposed over the last decade.

69.   And legislation proposing similar authority for psychologists has been introduced in more than a dozen states over the last decade.

70.   And the Bahamas had, over the last decade, gained a reputation as an expensive destination with indifferent service.