71.   Last month, the government sold the fund the failed Kofuku Bank, which operates mainly in Osaka, Japan.

72.   Last year, the government sold a stake in Bank Mizrachi to a group of local and foreign investors.

73.   Lowering the federal deficit could help push bond prices higher by reducing the supply of Treasuries, which the government sells to make up its budget shortfalls.

74.   Louis Schweitzer, the chairman of Renault SA, said the time is right for the government to sell a second chunk of shares in the French car maker.

75.   Leumi fell after reports institutional investors have committed to paying less for the share than its current price when the government sells a stake in the bank on Tuesday.

76.   Meanwhile, the government is selling several tourism properties it took over after the peso devaluation.

77.   Morale has plummeted because many Mexicans thought the government might sell Pemex, the state-owned oil company, which many consider the soul of the country.

78.   Nevertheless, when the government sold off plantation land, little went to former slaves.

79.   No government can sell its nation on the backs of its people.

80.   News organizations and impresarios from all over the world came to sample what the government was selling.