71.   Tech was considered one of the teams that could knock off the Minutemen, who used such talk as a motivating tool.

72.   Surroi has worked during the talks as a bridge in the delegation and had tried to bring the five guerrillas around.

73.   The African-American style of worship has always been expressive, with sermons that sound like a loud family talk as congregants and preacher trade shouts.

74.   The Fed has been using talk as a tool more often in recent years.

75.   The newspaper quoted an unnamed source close to the talks as saying senior executives from Volvo have met with Navistar officials to discuss a buyout offer.

76.   The public hears the end-welfare talk as a cost-saving measure.

77.   The U.S. intends to use the Seattle talks as a forum to set an agenda for the first ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Singapore in December.

78.   The White House portrays the talks as the president standing guard over the preservation of Medicare and blocking tax cuts to the rich.

79.   The White House stopped short of characterizing the talks as acrimonious, but the administration made clear its disappointment in the tone and content of the meeting.

80.   The two sides were careful not to characterize the talks as having collapsed.