71.   BASF said its European operations bore the brunt of the overall sales decline.

72.   But it was not only criminals that bore the brunt of police crackdowns, as the rank and file were also targeted.

73.   Ethnic Chinese have long been resented for their business acumen and relative wealth, and their stores bore the brunt of the looting.

74.   Foreign truckers bore the brunt of the disruption, but private cars were being allowed through -- albeit with inevitable delays.

75.   Having lost their money, several finance companies bore the brunt with a run on their deposits.

76.   Hundreds may have died, said officials in Orissa state, which bore the brunt of the storm.

77.   Hundreds were killed in neighboring Vietnam and Cambodia which bore the brunt of the storm during the first week of November.

78.   In Kosovo, which bore the brunt of the NATO bombing, the U.N. mission has begun marking sites where depleted uranium ammunition is known to have been used.

79.   Journalists bore the brunt of the violence when both demonstrators and police turned against them.

80.   Local resorts, theme parks, museums, exhibitions, gardens, zoos and nature parks all bore the brunt of the decline.