71.   MacKay was forced to spend valuable time mending fences with black leaders.

72.   Libya is starting to mend its fences with the world, but in typically idiosyncratic fashion.

73.   Mrs. Gresser has lately sought to mend fences with the chancellor, who has emerged as a potent political player and valuable mayoral ally.

74.   Mrs. Lansing, who says her side wants only to make enough money to keep up the site, was asked if the two farms could mend fences.

75.   Montgomerie is reportedly planning to play more often in the United States, and he may be trying to mend fences before he arrives.

76.   Most people here are supporters of Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition leader, who had promised to mend fences with the West and to ease the economic crisis.

77.   No fences were mended Sunday.

78.   Often the most valuable legacies fathers leave their children have nothing to do with mending fences or repairing a door.

79.   On Thursday, Jackson finally spoke to Bush by phone, offering the president-elect an olive branch and pledging to help him mend fences with minority voters.

80.   Outside of public view, Gore spent much of his time trying to mend fences.