61.   The move -- which creates the largest integrated financial services company in Malaysia -- marks the start of an expected shake-out in the crowded Malaysian banking industry.

62.   The Nynex move into video entertainment marks the start of a major convergence in local telecommunications that promises to shake up consumer buying patterns.

63.   The new peace treaty between Jordan and Israel may well mark the start of a solid alliance in the Middle East.

64.   The occasion was a four-day national holiday marking the start of the rainy season in Thailand last April.

65.   The study, released by the Centers for Disease Control, marked the start of the first attempt to track systematically the amount of chemicals in the human body.

66.   The trial marks the start of what promises to be the most extensive judgment of human rights violations since the Nuremberg trials of Nazis after World War II.

67.   The talks mark the start of an era of consolidation in the European TV industry, particularly in the emerging pay TV industry, analysts said.

68.   The triumph marked the start of a trend.

69.   Their emergence marked the start of the boom.

70.   This Sunday marks the start of daylight-saving time and States News Service has tracked down the Washington bureaucrat in charge of administering it.