71.   The Olympic bobsled competition begins Saturday in Nagano, Japan, and Ferry had planned to watch it on television at the fire house.

72.   The pairs competition begins Sunday.

73.   The redistricting competition will begin as soon as the new Census data is analyzed to determine how many seats go to each state.

74.   The U.S. hockey team treks through in the months before Olympic competition begins.

75.   The water was green when swimming competition began, prompting some competitors to take home samples as souvenirs and others to compare it to Gatorade.

76.   Then getting on the national team, the heavy competition began.

77.   This year, even before competition begins, consumers should see electric prices drop.

78.   This two-day competition began with technical programs Wednesday night at Nassau Coliseum in New York.

79.   When competition began in January, Hornbeek was nowhere near her former self.

80.   Yet days before the competition began, no one seemed to care much how the Olympics ended up here.