61.   Any poor soul who has stood before an endless rack of seemingly similar magazines can tell you that consolidation per se is not necessarily bad.

62.   As a child, Jennefer Johnson dreamed of her high school graduation, when she would stand as valedictorian before a proud gathering of family.

63.   As for Robitaille, he stood firm before his locker-room interrogators today and blithely denied any trepidation about his imminent reappearance at the Garden.

64.   As he stood before the judge Wednesday, Seda offered a subdued and rambling statement that referred repeatedly to God.

65.   As the defendant, Paul Hill, stood before Circuit Court Judge Frank Bell to hear the charges against him, security was tight.

66.   As part of the Rosh Hashana service in many synagogues, the Kohanim remove their shoes, have their hands ritually washed, then stand before the Ark.

67.   As the three men stood before the desk sergeant, they had to be stopped from talking and whispering to one another, several officers testified.

68.   As students walked across campus late Tuesday morning, she stood before the sculpture of a peace sign, poured gasoline over her thin frame and set herself afire.

69.   As the country stands before an epochal presidential election, it is sometimes hard to believe that people from such radically different worlds can all call themselves Russian.

70.   As the alumni gathered for a dinner tribute to their teacher, Thaler stood before them and wondered what Mr. Gaudino would have said about their gathering.