71.   No mandatory conservation measures were instituted.

72.   None of the water departments, however, plans conservation measures.

73.   Now, not later, is the time to develop alternative energy sources and stress conservation measures.

74.   Now, in a fine satirical gesture, Cheney has made the very same proposal his lead conservation measure.

75.   Other states have launched conservation measures, including Massachusetts, Texas, Connecticut and Ohio.

76.   Other government-mandated conservation measures are in the works.

77.   Polls show a weakening of public support for President Bush as a result of a perception that his administration was giving short shrift to conservation measures.

78.   Predictably, this has not satisfied environmentalists, who note that there are few mandatory conservation measures.

79.   State officials are asking water users in the Rio Grande Valley to begin conservation measures.

80.   Supporters of a conservation measure that would have provided a financial bonanza to coastal states wasted no time in trying to line up support from the new administration.