61.   Early returns suggest otherwise.

62.   Early returns Sunday indicated that right-wing extremist parties did not make significant gains, as many had feared they might.

63.   Early returns were mixed.

64.   Early returns at the box office are promising, baseball said.

65.   Early returns failed to show any hidden groundswell of support for a Bauer campaign that often failed to register a single digit in the polls.

66.   Early returns forecast a big victory for Clinton, who became the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win two full terms in the White House.

67.   Early returns gave Bush the lead in the state.

68.   Early returns indicated that the coattails of President Clinton, who easily won Washington state, were a bit short, with Democratic challengers locked in tight races.

69.   Early returns look encouraging.

70.   Early returns on the Alexei Yashin trade gave Ottawa a convincing victory over the Islanders.