71.   Even the technology sector seems to be bottoming out after a yearlong slump.

72.   Even traditional heavyweights of the technology sector like Nortel Networks, Nokia, and Cisco Systems have suffered setbacks lately, some of them announcing substantial layoffs.

73.   Even such tepid news was seen as good news for the battered technology sector.

74.   Even the technology sector is coming to be dominated by immigrants.

75.   Executives in the booming technology sector have long said they need foreign workers to fill vacancies until U.S. colleges can turn out more graduates with math and computer skills.

76.   Factors credited with the strong performance include work on a California State University campus in Camarillo, residential and commercial construction, and growth of the technology sector.

77.   Following a pattern that developed last week, gauges of the industrial economy showed the steepest losses as investors spread their punishment of stocks beyond the technology sector.

78.   Few banks followed suit by cutting their prime rates, and the markets seemed preoccupied with the budget stalemate and bad news on earnings in the technology sector.

79.   For instance, he does not group computers or telecommunications infrastructure stocks in the technology sector.

80.   Friday, some turned against the technology sector.