61.   Dam ruled after four days of testimony last week in Manhattan by lawyers from the NBA, the Knicks, the Blazers, the players association and Dudley himself.

62.   Did I forget Hobie Tuttle, the charismatic black lawyer from D.C. whom Seth has hired to represent Nile?

63.   Doug Gross, a lawyer from Des Moines, narrowly won a three-way Republican race in his effort to unseat the Democratic governor, Tom Vilsack.

64.   During deposition testimony, Simpson never seriously contradicted himself or his lawyers from the criminal trial.

65.   During the Clinton administration, another African American lawyer from Boston, Deval Patrick, held the post.

66.   Dwight Flickinger, a lawyer from Provo, Utah, had his son with him on the cruise.

67.   During that meeting, J. Reeve Bright, a gregarious Republican lawyer from Delray Beach, made what seemed to be an innocent suggestion to the canvassing board.

68.   Everything was in place for Manuel Gullon de Onate, a nattily dressed lawyer from Madrid, Spain.

69.   F. Bradford Stillman, a lawyer from Norfolk, Va., who performed the review, did not respond Tuesday to a phone call seeking comment.

70.   Federal ethics rules would also prevent lawyers from forgiving the debt owed by the Clintons, because such a move would constitute an impermissible gift to a federal officeholder.