71.   Irvin later joined the suits.

72.   Kyodo said four relatives of another former base worker who later died from lung cancer also joined the suit.

73.   Lawyers for the victims hoped hundreds of thousands of people would join the suit, which is seeking billions of dollars in reparations.

74.   Mrs. Idris said she would join the suit unless el-Sahar withdraws the editions.

75.   Other immigrant employees working under similar conditions at Top Line declined to join the suit, she said.

76.   Other people, who have been designated as patients of the so-called Kawasaki disease, and family members of victims, later joined the suit.

77.   Rosenblatt said he expects to bring the case to trial within a year and would place advertisements in major newspapers nationwide inviting other attendants to join the suit.

78.   Several EU nations have joined the suit, including Germany, Italy and France.

79.   Santa Clara County, Calf., Stamford, Conn., and several other municipalities have joined that suit.

80.   She also said she would consider a proposal to grant the same status for untold thousands of non-represented musicians worldwide to join the suit.