71.   But an arrest in the case said as much about changes in attitudes toward police in Chinatown as it did about old-fashioned detective work.

72.   Bush said as president he will make permanent the research and development tax credit for business.

73.   But Del Tredici has said as much before.

74.   But as Columbo would say, just one more thing.

75.   But he also said as president he would not hesitate to commit American forces in other circumstannces.

76.   But he said as the environmental movement became more powerful, it began to resemble the very insider groups it had once railed against.

77.   But he is also -- as Richard Nixon used to say as he clawed his way back to legitimacy -- still in the arena.

78.   But critics, including six former defense secretaries, say as the weapons age, confidence in their reliability will decline, unless they are periodically tested.

79.   But for their leaders to say as much would take political courage that is at present beyond them.

80.   But Gladwell never comes right out and says as much.