61.   The ads appearing the last few days take a page from the lesson plan developed during past wild times on Wall Street.

62.   The Atlanta-based home improvement chain is taking a page from its mass retail brethren as it faces one of the toughest holiday seasons in recent memory.

63.   The curriculum goes far beyond table settings and thank-yous and takes a page out of the old schools of decorum and comportment, extending even into the self-esteem movement.

64.   The explanation for computing win shares does take several pages, but be assured that if I can follow it, you can follow it.

65.   The modern-day Merlin helps banks around the world adapt to changing conditions, in part, by taking a page from retailing.

66.   The Pentagon has taken a page from science fiction by unveiling a nonlethal device that scientists say is the first directed energy beam weapon designed for use against humans.

67.   The scouts take pages of notes and notate every pitch, looking for trends, as if they were breaking down a secret code.

68.   The Spurs should take a page from the Rockets, who have had iron wills but anything but physical constitutions the last two years.

69.   They have taken a page from the big booksellers and started selling coffee near the stacks.

70.   Under the new system, interest groups, taking a page from religious conservatives, may try to mobilize people in the way they once mobilized money.