61.   Often an external catalyst -- an inability to raise cash or a takeover threat -- is needed to tip the balance.

62.   Paul Wolsk, a Manhattan lawyer, said the Sledge Hammer tipped the balance in his weekly tennis game with Richard Lukins, a Manhattan businessman.

63.   Phoenix has a disproportionate number of young people, which tips the balance toward males, he said.

64.   Prizes and other financial incentives to sell specific products are sometimes accused of tipping the balance.

65.   School officials argued that the new standard might tip the balance for students already in academic trouble and cause them to drop out.

66.   Some analysts said a strong pound could tip the balance in favor of an imminent rate cut.

67.   State Department officials said it was the worry about a possible nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan that helped tipped the balance toward getting Americans out.

68.   Taken together, these pressures may have influenced some of the fence-sitters, tipping the balance away from Lott.

69.   That may be enough to tip the balance and keep the Fed from boosting rates, traders said.

70.   That is because neither candidate ended up with more than half the vote, barring a recount or absentee ballots tipping the balance over the next several days.