61.   He won the Four Hills Tournament last season, but this year has had a shaky start.

62.   Israel has sought for years to have alliances with non-Arab states in the region.

63.   John Paul often appears as if he is in pain, and this year has had to abruptly cancel some public appearance because of intestinal problems and slight fevers.

64.   Kader said he thought negotiations to settle violence in KwaZulu over the past several years had born fruit.

65.   Johari said retailers usually have a good idea of what the year had instore for them by how well they did in these two months.

66.   Only in recent years have the French begin to face their murky, wartime past.

67.   Only in the last few years have their lives improved, the result of relaxed political and economic policies.

68.   Resident Lygia Veras Horta said the neighborhood group she leads has struggled for years to have the airport closed and moved to a less densely populated area.

69.   The decision not to introduce ferrets this year has less to do with ferrets than it does the prairie dog, a small burrowing rodent.

70.   The Germans have been lobbying hard for several years to have their tournament moved to a later date.