71.   President Askar Akayev is seeking to modernize his country without breaking its ties to the past.

72.   President Clinton, rising to the occasion, dispatched Vice President Gore to break a tie, if necessary, when the showdown vote came Wednesday.

73.   Rey Sanchez scored from third to break the tie.

74.   San Diego-reared Eric Karros broke the tie in the top of the eighth with a two-run homer off Matt Whiteside.

75.   Shane Halter broke the tie with a leadoff home run in the seventh and hit a sacrifice fly for the fourth run, in the eighth.

76.   She broke the tie inside the last minute with two more.

77.   Should Bowman win again, he will break a tie with Toe Blake.

78.   So we invite you, the readers, to break the tie by writing us with your vote.

79.   Smith, by the way, would break a tie with Marcus Allen for career rushing touchdowns with his next score.

80.   Sometimes, breaking the ties of cross-subsidies makes sense because they have become wasteful or unnecessary.