71.   The ambivalence, both among the general population and state government officials, is baffling considering how important Micron and HP have become to the local economy.

72.   The better they are, it seems, the more vulnerable they become to suffering torn anterior cruciate ligaments.

73.   The CSUN study, Ackerman said, puts further emphasis on how critical the entertainment industry has become to the region in the past decade.

74.   The irony is that the computer has become to the information superhighway what the SUV is to the interstate highway.

75.   The maneuvering on Friday highlighted how important the case has become to privacy advocates, legislators and Internet industry observers.

76.   The Milken study underlines how important the tourism and leisure industry has become to the national economy.

77.   The more successful a woman is, the more familiar she becomes to television audiences and thus the more attractive to advertisers.

78.   The more you drink, the uglier you become to us.

79.   The results from the three committees demonstrated just how important President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney had become to Republican fund-raising.

80.   The worst thing was how attuned we became to those investment managers and television pundits, hanging on their every word.