61.   Mike Anderson, the top candidate for NFL rookie of the year, is a believer.

62.   Molitor was a top candidate to become manager of the Twins.

63.   Moss won NFL honors last fall and Williams is one of the top five candidates in the NBA this season.

64.   New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman has emerged as the top candidate to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

65.   Nikolai Gubenka, a popular actor and theater director, is a top party candidate.

66.   Nobody is drooling over the top candidates, although several will surely make fine NBA players.

67.   New Mexico coach Dennis Franchione emerged around the school yesterday as a top candidate.

68.   Normally, a Harvard graduate, Nobel laureate, and Washington insider like Varmus would be a top candidate.

69.   Nuggets assistant coach John Lucas was a top candidate for the Clippers coaching vacancy this summer. . . .

70.   Now owned by Major League Baseball, the Expos remain a top candidate for contraction or relocation after this season.