71.   But it is also a Muslim country, where anti-American sentiment has simmered since the United States launched military strikes against Afghanistan.

72.   But linking him directly to al-Qaida and the Taliban could provide the Pentagon much stronger justification for a major military strike against him and his supporters.

73.   But she makes just enough swift surgical strikes against her former husband to create an unflattering portrait.

74.   But the data may be hard to interpret because of the distortions caused by the strikes against General Motors, which were just settled last week.

75.   But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is operating a bare-bones site out of concern that terrorists could find data helpful in a strike against a nuclear power plant.

76.   But the labor leaders were the same ones who, two months ago, nearly called a provincewide strike against the austerity program of the secessionist Bouchard government.

77.   But when it comes to operating the phone from a car or inside a building, it has two strikes against it.

78.   But ultimately, he said, federal agents had become soldiers, and he found it necessary to strike against them at their command centers.

79.   By foregoing specifics of race and gender, he hopes to make a pre-emptive strike against those who might key their interpretation to the fact that he is black.

80.   By not arresting known terrorists, he plays into the hands of Israelis who favor assassination strikes against Palestinian militants.