61.   Nearly all said a decrease in consumer spending following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon had directly affected their business.

62.   New Yorkers faced additional health threats from the fires that continued to burn for almost three months following the attack.

63.   New York has changed in the days following the attacks, they say.

64.   New-car sales were hit especially hard following the attacks, according to J.D. Power and Associates, a global marketing services firm.

65.   One Syrian soldier said they had been expecting a raid against a Syrian military position in Lebanon following an attack against Israeli troops on Friday by Hezbollah fighters.

66.   President Clinton claimed success Wednesday following cruise missile attacks against Iraq, saying dictator Saddam Hussein had paid a price for his recent killing spree in northern Iraq.

67.   Ridge said he wants to be a voice of calm in the same way Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was in New York following the attacks on the World Trade Center.

68.   Reactors are designed to shut down automatically in case of trouble, and all plants went to their highest state of readiness following the attacks.

69.   Retailers are grappling to find the right mix of commerce and sensitivity in the weeks following the attacks.

70.   Sharon Woodbury was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek following the attack.