71.   Mrs. Ciller and Islamic Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan had been ruling the country for a year until Erbakan resigned last week to thwart pressure from the secular army.

72.   Ocalan lived in Syria for years until his expulsion in October, forced by Turkish pressure on Syria.

73.   Opposition Civic United Front legislators did not take their seats for several years until the Commonwealth, an organization of Britain and its former colonies, brokered an agreement.

74.   Protesters invaded the range and thwarted exercises for a year until U.S. Marshals ejected them in May.

75.   Russian inflation had been coming down after years of soaring prices and was expected to be in the single digits this year until the economic crisis hit.

76.   So his fans have been counting the years until his voice would ripen sufficiently for him to take on the demanding roles without risking early vocal decline.

77.   The archive had gone largely unnoticed for years until Wahl and his friends went exploring.

78.   The Airbus case had been before the high-visibility International Court of Justice in The Hague for years until both sides decided to settle low-key via the tribunal.

79.   The boy was held for more than a year until his strangulation, allegedly ordered by Brusca shortly after his murder conviction in absentia.

80.   The district had been in Democratic hands for years until the March death of Rep. Norman Sisisky.