71.   If the drop in share persists for a year, GM would have lost buyers for more than an entire factory-worth of products.

72.   If hoarseness persists for several weeks or is accompanied by pain, coughing up of blood, difficulty swallowing or a lump in the neck, consult a doctor.

73.   If you were thorough in your spraying, the eggs and insects are most likely dead, but the waxy mass can persist for months.

74.   If the trend persists for a few more years, Russia will fall far behind the most technologically advanced countries, warns First Deputy Defense Minister Andrei Kokoshin.

75.   In beats of five, a daggerlike rhythm begins, persisting for dozens of bars.

76.   In general, retailers said, merchandise for the home and kitchen was a hit, continuing a sales pattern that has persisted for almost two years.

77.   In the end, the group also decided not to deal with the question of age, saying that the doubts persisted for women of all ages.

78.   Intermittent snow and ice will persist for much of Thursday night across the interior Northeast from central Pennsylvania to southern New England.

79.   It was goodbye to the mountains and goodbye to the drug stories that have persisted for Armstrong the past week.

80.   It was a point of pride for Helling that he did it despite a sharp pain between his shoulder blades that has persisted for almost a week now.