71.   The Pendleton Act is named after its chief sponsor, Sen. George Hunt Pendleton, D-Ohio, who chaired the committee that handled the measure.

72.   The speaker was also the chief sponsor of a dramatic increase in funding for early grades that would help pay for smaller classes and pre-kindergarten programs.

73.   This left the rebels in the dicey position of shunning a cease-fire that their chief sponsors, Uganda and Rwanda, had joined.

74.   This variation on the traditional Individual Retirement Accounts is named for its chief sponsor, William Roth, the Delaware Republican who chairs the Senate Finance Committee.

75.   This line of thinking baffled Rep. Christopher Shays of Connecticut, the chief Republican sponsor of the main legislation under consideration.

76.   To support his claim, he cites Assemblyman Eric N. Vitalino, a chief sponsor of the first-degree-murder bill.

77.   Vice President Al Gore, who presided over the Senate during the vote, joined a beaming Daschle and chief sponsor Kennedy in praising the Senate action.

78.   While the Oklahoman had supported the legislation before, this time he is a chief sponsor.

79.   Others trashed a showroom of the chief sponsor and smeared coal tar and cow dung on products on display.

80.   Others trashed a showroom of the chief sponsor and smeared coal tar and cow dung on the products on display.