71.   The Irish trio the Devlins opened the show with a satisfyingly downcast batch of well-constructed guitar-pop songs.

72.   The pianist Geoff Keezer opened the show with a short set of tunes.

73.   The show will be opened by Walter Cronkite, the elder statesman of television news and a comforting voice during so many earlier troubled times.

74.   The sumptuously endowed Helena Christensen opened the show wearing a two-piece red dress with a top that was slashed dangerously across the chest.

75.   Think of David Letterman opening his show with one-liners about a WPA project or Henry Wallace.

76.   This time, Versace, and sister Donatella, opened the shows Tuesday night with a distinctly less exciting Versus collection bordering on the bland.

77.   To open the show, Tornell was lowered onto the stage on a giant neon star.

78.   To top it off, blues hotshot Kenny Wayne Shepherd is opening the show, so it has all the elements of a blast-off evening.

79.   To illustrate, he opened the show with extravagant sable coats in rare pale shades.

80.   Ungaro opened his show with angora coats and sweaters over ankle-length jersey dresses in blue, brown, bordeaux and khaki.