71.   No such deal was offered to the deaf-mutes there in North Carolina.

72.   Not all businesses have been able to find power suppliers willing to offer competitive deals.

73.   Other big carriers offer similar deals.

74.   Other merchants offered special deals on cell phones.

75.   Other universities offer similar deals through campus book stores.

76.   Pace said he offered these deals to friends and colleagues.

77.   Prudential Home Mortgage of St. Louis, for example, is offering special deals to members of certain minority organizations.

78.   Recently, dot-com companies have approached Boston offering deals such as a percent of revenues if students buy through a Web site.

79.   Rental car agencies such as Avis and Enterprise offer special deals.

80.   Richmond says many of those companies offer good deals, if one can wade through the fine print.