71.   The Leahy letter was misrouted in a way that could also account for a puzzling inhalation anthrax case at a remote State Department postal facility.

72.   The precautions mark another ripple effect of the recent anthrax cases.

73.   The other anthrax cases, involving media, governmental, and postal employees, all have been linked to tainted letters.

74.   The second infectious-disease specialist, who asked not to be identified, had seen many anthrax cases while working in a developing country.

75.   The statement by the FBI and Fleischer came after several months of growing speculation about why there had been no arrests in the anthrax case.

76.   The tough talk and statistics aimed at reassurance came as more anthrax cases were being reported and other suspected cases were being checked.

77.   The two Brentwood mail facility workers bring the number of active inhaled anthrax cases to three.

78.   The two would be the first among the recent anthrax cases who neither work for the government nor are connected to a media company.

79.   The U.S. has averaged only one anthrax case a year for the last two decades, most of them the less-dangerous cutaneous form.

80.   The week after that, as other anthrax cases were identified, the numbers grew even faster.