61.   Criminologists, sociologists and economists are divided on whether there is a direct link between the economy and crime rates.

62.   Dedicated day traders work eight hours a day, five days a week, staring at banks of computer screens that provide direct electronic links to the markets.

63.   Direct links to online ticketing through Ticketmaster have been suspended due to a lawsuit over copyrights that Ticketmaster has filed against Microsoft.

64.   Democratic fund-raisers say that initially, there was no direct link between their efforts and the coffees.

65.   Direct shipping links have also begun with the Taiwan islands of Quemoy and Matsu, which lie just off the mainland coast.

66.   Each carried a bright orange two-way radio, a direct link to local police.

67.   Each also includes direct links to Web sites and on-line services, offering monthly downloads of updates.

68.   Eleven countries have signed on to the plan, though only Australia and Hong Kong have direct links thus far.

69.   Even after the direct link between admissions and investment returns was dropped, the bankers saw the partnership as a key to filling beds.

70.   FBI officials said on Friday that the French report showed that Moussaoui was an Islamic extremist, but did not reveal any direct links to specific terrorist groups.