71.   Avi has a long history of experimentation that makes it hard to peg him as a writer.

72.   Be profoundly suspicious of any site that makes it hard to tell.

73.   Because, frankly, sometimes the way the Knicks are makes it hard for the courtside loyalists to stomach.

74.   Bond said that although these results did not prove inflation, their consistency with it would make it hard for the authors of alternative theories.

75.   Both Rather and Brokaw said the sheer magnitude of the crisis made it hard at times for them to conceal their emotions.

76.   -- Caught inside -- to be trapped between shore and the breaking line of swells, making it hard to paddle out.

77.   A closed economy and high taxes make it hard to get cars in Syria, so drivers and mechanics keep the old ones running.

78.   A coarse, sawdust-like powder hung in the air, making it hard for workers to breathe without a mask.

79.   A different attitude is making it hard to judge whether the market is fairly valued using traditional measures, Geist said.

80.   A decaying infrastructure in Cuba probably will make it hard for millers to get the most out of the crop even with increased use of fertilizer, traders said.