71.   California remained the biggest prize, with Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis in a strong position to bring the governorship into Democratic hands.

72.   Clinton is in a strong position to become the first Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt to be elected to a second term as president.

73.   Corn futures were nearly unchanged as traders hesitated to take strong positions before private analysts issue their crop production estimates later this week.

74.   Democrats were equally confident that they held the strong political position.

75.   Democrats said they felt they were in a strong negotiating position, because the House bill, unlike the Senate bill, had bipartisan support.

76.   Diane Long, a pre-kindergarten teacher, said she voted for Jeffrey because of her strong position against abortion.

77.   Each has written widely, taking sufficently strong positions on a wide array of leading issues of the day.

78.   Either is preferable to Onorato, whose strong anti-abortion position and ties to the Christian Coalition are increasingly at odds with his changing community.

79.   Even without the currency tailwind, Toyota looks to be in a strong position.

80.   For a bank that is in such a strong position, it is curious why Barnett would choose to sell itself so abruptly now.