61.   It is a ritual as routine as watching the nightly news, a practice far more common than voting.

62.   It is more common than Down syndrome, multiple sclerosis or deafness.

63.   It is more common than not these days that presidential candidates never served in combat.

64.   Jet stream disturbances, which derive their energy from increasing temperature contrasts between high and low latitudes, are more common than in summer.

65.   Kodiak is typically a stormy place, but rain is more common than snow.

66.   Last year, Mexico City started a crackdown on pet poop, but disregard for the law is more common than compliance.

67.   Loan programs for stock options are more common than loans to buy stock, Semler said.

68.   Many activists praise Mbeki for striving to understand AIDS in an African context, where female-to-male transmission is much more common than in the West.

69.   Most of the braking is done with the front brakes, so warped rotors are much more common than out-of-round drums.

70.   More common than all-electric systems, however, are systems that use either an oil-or gas-fired furnace to generate heat.