71.   In exchange, the Northeastern states would drop plans for progressively tougher new car standards here, including a requirement in Massachusetts that some cars run on batteries.

72.   In May, Microsoft dropped its plans to buy Intuit Inc. because it could have faced up to two years of legal opposition from the Justice Department.

73.   In effect, the president has demanded that House Republicans drop their plans for a big tax cut before the administration will discuss specific proposals to overhaul Medicare.

74.   In Prague, a human rights advocate at the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, Marta Mikluskova, said it is essential that the City Council drop the plan.

75.   In return, China will drop plans to establish its own Hong Kong airline -- something that cast a shadow over Swire and Cathay for the past year.

76.   In July, the commission dropped the plan.

77.   In line with the bankruptcy accord, Jinro dropped ambitious plans to expand into telecommunications and information technology.

78.   In the past few weeks, Yeltsin has dropped plans to try to delay these elections.

79.   Inge, the Northeastern states would drop plans for progressively tougher new car standards here, including a requirement in Massachusetts that some cars run on batteries.

80.   It dropped the plan for nomination of a new group of experts.