61.   Its manufacturer, Mitsubishi, said the Montero Sport had met or exceeded all federal safety standards.

62.   James E. Hall, chairman of the federal safety board, said determining the cause of the crash would be slow.

63.   Labor unions and their Democratic allies counter that federal safety regulations are essential to force industry to protect their employees from widely acknowledged hazards on the job.

64.   Last year New York Apple officials admitted to federal investigators that the company had lied about the ages of its vehicles to avoid meeting federal safety and environmental standards.

65.   Lexus said its bumpers meet federal safety standards and are designed to collapse and absorb energy in a crash.

66.   Longo said that any such system could only be adopted as a new federal safety standard after extensive analysis, and undoubtedly extensive debate in Washington.

67.   Moreover, legislation was introduced this month in Congress to toughen federal safety regulations on handguns.

68.   No injuries or deaths have been attributed to the seats, according to Chrysler and the federal safety agency.

69.   No one was hurt Monday, and Olympic builders and federal safety officials say they do not know yet why it happened.

70.   New rules took effect last month tightening safety requirements for air tour operators in Hawaii, where a recent spate of crashes has alarmed federal safety officials.