61.   The first three preseason games, especially the last one against the Chargers, have done nothing to dispel the gloomy short-term outlook.

62.   The Democrats even used that one against George W. Bush in the past election.

63.   The mastermind behind those sound-alike advertisements and similar ones against Democratic candidates in dozens of other races this year is Arthur J. Finkelstein, a pollster and political consultant.

64.   The Holocaust victims have some recent court decisions on their side, allowing plaintiffs to use U.S. courts to press international claims -- including one against a Swiss bank.

65.   The Huskers figure to make runzas out of Akron and Central Florida, but have an early test against Washington and a late one against Colorado.

66.   The most effective backlash is the one against technical training in fashion.

67.   The ones against the rivals.

68.   The Mets, who have never had a no-hitter, nearly had an exhibition one against Toronto.

69.   The most important bias to contemplate here is the one against serious, unglamorous news.

70.   The ones against South Africa played an important role in ending apartheid, but mostly because other nations followed the U.S. lead.