61.   It took until December to get all the home offices, scattered from Overland Park, Kan., to Blue Springs, Mo., established.

62.   It took until June for the groups to sign a letter of intent, with a closing scheduled for August.

63.   It took until last April to draw up final contracts.

64.   It took until last month, she said, to have the files translated, put together a docket and to apply for an arrest warrant.

65.   It took until last year to regain all the recession jobs lost and sop up the extra office space.

66.   It took until Tuesday, for instance, for Spano to pick someone to run his largest department, social services.

67.   It took him until his junior year to believe that every ball in his direction belonged to him.

68.   It took until last March to raise the rest.

69.   It took until the beginning of the next period of play for me to swallow my pride and admit my mistake.

70.   It took until the final hour of the final day of competition, but the long-awaited upsets managed to make last call at the Trials.