71.   Tobacco had produced little or no profit in recent years after theft and expenses related to efforts to stop sales to minors were taken into account, Target said.

72.   Vallone and other Council members said they would not necessarily stop the sale if they won the suit and achieved veto power over it.

73.   Police Minister Moshe Shahal ordered his legal department to rule whether steps can be taken to stop the sale of the book, spokesman Eric Bar-Chen said.

74.   A former Health Ministry official was found guilty of negligence Friday for failing to stop the sale of untreated blood products.

75.   A former mayoral candidate filed a federal antitrust suit Tuesday to try to stop the sale of the San Francisco Chronicle to the publisher of the Examiner.

76.   A small technology company said Wednesday it was expanding its patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. and would try to stop sales of the new Windows XP operating system.

77.   Although he did not mention specifics, on Tuesday he asked foreigners to stop weapons sales to Taiwan.

78.   Bayer executives refused to say how many worldwide deaths they have counted, but stopped sales in every country except Japan.

79.   Bardot asked that South Korean authorities immediately stop the sale of dogs for slaughter.

80.   But in late September, the museum had to stop telephone sales of memberships that included Monet passes that could be used anytime.