61.   The settlement with residents followed a year of negotiations between Lockheed and those who had filed claims alleging health and property damage.

62.   The slowing earnings growth was inevitable, analysts said, following several years of relatively large increases.

63.   The tiff between the two companies follows years of escalating competition.

64.   The testing follows years of serious injuries involving children using MBTA escalators.

65.   The vote to retain Amendment B follows years of struggle among Presbyterians over whether to allow ordination of non-celibate homosexuals.

66.   Then, following years of struggle, the Chinese Communist Party finally overthrew the reactionary regime headed by Chiang Kai-shek.

67.   Then, when you die, your secondary beneficiary will have to receive the entire account by the end of the year following the year of your death.

68.   The vote followed a year of work on the bill by Republicans, who say the current welfare system traps its beneficiaries in poverty.

69.   This follows years of loudly building a Boston reputation that is a mix.

70.   Those success stories, Grogan said, usually follow years of complicated negotiations and require a patchwork of financing sources.