61.   A nomination committee, comprising senior directors of ITC and B.A.T, met yesterday to decide his successor but failed to reach a decision.

62.   A Justice Department spokeswoman said Friday that no final decision had been reached on the revised guidelines.

63.   A top-level decision was reached to collaborate with America.

64.   After a lengthy meeting Thursday afternoon, the Nasdaq did not reach a decision about whether to delist Adelphia Communications, according to an executive close to the situation.

65.   After meeting for more than six hours Sunday, the Israeli Cabinet reached no decision on the size of a long-overdue pullback in the West Bank.

66.   Air Force Major Monica Aloisio, a spokeswoman for the Pentagon, said Cohen has no deadline for reaching a decision.

67.   Alderson said a decision could be reached by the end of the week, but the review of the incident will take time.

68.   Aides said there was plenty of time for the prosecutor to reach decisions about whether to bring further charges.

69.   Against that background, the unanimity Tuesday was striking, as was the ground on which the court reached its decision.

70.   Allen reached the decision to resign her speakership after Orange County election officials announced the recall had qualified for the ballot.