71.   Officials from the Democratic Clinton administration today began discussions with leaders of the Republican-controlled Congress on final budget and tax legislation.

72.   Oracle began face-to-face discussions Wednesday with state officials on how to cancel the contract.

73.   Over the weekend, a coalition of privacy advocates began discussions about a boycott of Intel.

74.   Parliament began discussions about scrapping the system or putting it under judicial control.

75.   Parliament begins discussions late next month.

76.   Putin told reporters that he and Robertson had agreed to begin discussions on the subject of future NATO-Russian relations.

77.   Reached by telephone at his home Monday, Bohrman said his lawyers had begun discussions with CNN about whether the company breached his contract.

78.   So begins a discussion of love, loss and the vagaries of living.

79.   Since the ruling, many public bodies, charities and companies, including Merrill Lynch, are beginning the discussion that has taken place in Hartford, Conn.

80.   South African Airways, the state-owned airline, confirmed it began discussions about a possible alliance with Scandinavian Airlines System.