61.   Even finer is the discussion of dwarf-goblin figures as displays of social Darwinism in its crudest forms.

62.   Financial markets were left just as baffled by the job figures as the experts at the Labor Department.

63.   For the rest of his life, he was an enemy of various Nigerian governments, as much a political figure as a musical one.

64.   Gay rights advocates see those figures as evidence for their contention that homosexuals are being outed and ousted in ever-larger numbers.

65.   Generating companies have dismissed that figure as grossly inflated.

66.   Gay rights advocates see the figures as evidence of their contention that the policy has backfired and subjected gay and lesbian soldiers to new harassment.

67.   He believes that he is not so much a political figure as a historical figure.

68.   He and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani both dismissed the patrol strength figure as irrelevant.

69.   He is a momentary antidote to the confusion of our times, a brief escape from frustration and a particularly attractive figure as the symbol of bad luck.

70.   He is also a key figure as the government and the FARC prepare for their first peace talks in nearly seven years.