61.   Raising money is their main concern, and opportunism their operative word.

62.   Quick is the operative word now that the friendly skies to foreign destinations have become so inexpensive.

63.   Reform is not the operative word, really.

64.   Relief was the operative word for at least three New England prospects after the National Football League concluded its draft Sunday.

65.   Remember, around here, big is the operative word.

66.   Provisional is the operative word here.

67.   Rough is the operative word, because many tracks should have stayed abandoned.

68.   Silly is the operative word at work here.

69.   So if the operative words in your letter are conservative, safe, and little risk, then your plan is probably too aggressive.

70.   Small, taxpayers would do well to remember, is the operative word here.