71.   If the succession is a done deal, by all means be open.

72.   If white women were voting solely for the president most likely to take gun control seriously, the November election would be a done deal.

73.   In his speech, Adams spoke as if an IRA gesture on arms is a done deal, as he tried to head off criticism from dissidents.

74.   In early March, Angie Rivera wrote to the Dream Foundation and said that within a month their trip was a done deal.

75.   In the meantime, however, many of the firefighters are talking as if the consolidation were a done deal.

76.   Indeed, gambling through cyberspace is already a done deal.

77.   Industry sources familiar with the matter said one hurdle to a done deal is the question of financial backing from the Japanese government.

78.   It is a done deal, the present debate in Congress only posturing should things go terribly wrong.

79.   Insiders say her election is virtually a done deal.

80.   It is not a done deal.