71.   For women it also sometimes meant virtually assuming the role of their dead mother within the family.

72.   Gray immediately assumed a role in the nickel defenses.

73.   Hardaway returned a stronger and better player, and he has assumed the role of offensive leader with relative ease.

74.   He assumed the role of president in the exercise, with Woolsey as CIA director.

75.   He feels ready, though, to shoulder a different load, assume the role for which he underwent on-the-spot training last summer.

76.   He lost his job in the merger and was designated chairman, though he resigned before ever really assuming that role for the combined company, now called MarchFirst.

77.   He now speaks in the confident tones of a veteran ready to assume a role as a leader.

78.   He cheerfully assumed the role of debunker in the human combustion debate.

79.   He said Sunday that the day is coming when he will assume a more active role in basketball.

80.   He will assume that role again this season, but what if he struggles or is injured for a long period of time?