71.   No class hour would be complete without the distraction of cell phones and pagers.

72.   No crystal ball column is complete without some conflicting prognostications.

73.   No Dawsonville festivity would be complete without the presence of hometown hero Bill Elliott.

74.   No description of Santa Fe in winter would be complete without mention of the skiing east of town in the Sangre de Cristos.

75.   No discussion of executive firing would be complete without mentioning Frank Biondi, the Michael Jordan of this field.

76.   No piece about Gotcher would be complete without Amy.

77.   No report on Academy Awards night is complete without listing who scored a table at Spago.

78.   No garden party is complete without its skunk.

79.   No Hanukkah would be complete without at least one serving of latkes.

80.   No Microsoft earnings report is complete without the characteristic cautionary outlook statement, however, and this one was no exception.