71.   After being draped in smog, downtown Salt Lake City was awash in sunshine Friday in the hours before the Opening Ceremonies.

72.   After being booked, Johnson was held for several hours before seeing a judge, who ordered that Johnson be released on his own recognizance.

73.   Aikman spends the hours before each game alone.

74.   After the Marlins eliminated the Braves, Hernandez returned to his apartment in Little Havana in the last hours before dawn.

75.   Brining for an hour before cooking tends to firm them up and even enrich the flavor.

76.   Bush heads to the Palmetto State this morning, hours before the Delaware results will be tallied.

77.   Bush awoke at Camp David hours before, and called Indian President K.R. Narayanan as part of his ongoing effort to secure international support.

78.   Bush issued his challenge hours before flying to Chicago, where he planned to begin the Labor Day kickoff of the general election campaign.

79.   But a little more than an hour before game time, Boone replaced Reggie Taylor in center field with Encarnacion.

80.   But in a few short hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gates saw his spruced-up image sputter all over again.