71.   Police say the suspects belong to a loose-knit local branch of the True Blue Crips.

72.   Renfroe also is an executive board member of the local branch of the Confessing Movement.

73.   Residents also say that the police helped the rebels rob the local branch of Credo Bank.

74.   Since the office has no local branches, it is building a nationwide web of local contacts whom immigrants can turn to for federal help.

75.   Some of this comes as a suprise to those who have noticed the NAACP local branch, and Alkins, appearing more in local news media as sources.

76.   That decision -- which came just three days after the government assured BCCI customers all was well -- helped spark runs on Standard Chartered Bank and local Citibank branches.

77.   The bonds can be purchased at local branches of the State Bank of India as well as at Citibank branches that offer Non-Resident Indian services.

78.   The first local branch of Virgin Megastore, due to open in Burbank next month, also will feature one.

79.   The goal of these measures is to insulate local branch managers against pressure from local politicians and factory bosses to make ill-considered loans.

80.   The idea was to let the banks escape the business of running local branch networks, which barely broke even, and focus on lucrative fields like investment banking.