71.   A little kid who was a big Patriots fan sent Martin one of those clown-holding-a-balloon invitations to his birthday party.

72.   A little war can just ruin a birthday party.

73.   A present our son is taking to a birthday party the next day can be on the coffee table with the wrapping paper, tape and scissors.

74.   After we both had children, there were earaches and rashes, birthday parties and baby-sitting problems.

75.   All over the dining room, ridiculous sugar sculptures and chocolate trees make their way to tables where diners grin like kids at a birthday party.

76.   Ali was in the waiting room the day Jamal was born, and Anderson remembers Sugar Ray Leonard singing at one of his birthday parties.

77.   Brittany was supposed to attend a birthday party that afternoon.

78.   Busse hopes that other people might pick up on the idea of charity birthday parties.

79.   But a surprise birthday party for his wife in Kennebunkport, Maine, was compromised when a retired senator telephoned to apologize for being unable to attend.

80.   But I bake pizza for our monthly staff birthday parties and often make it at home, where I get professional results in an ordinary oven.