71.   And on Thursday, with an NCAA berth still attainable, the Sun Devils offered an unforgivable effort in a loss to Oregon.

72.   And Prince was a big factor, providing Pepperdine and first-year coach Lorenzo Romar with his second solid effort in less then a week.

73.   And the Russians paraded, too, even though a crumbling economy has decimated Olympic efforts in Moscow as well as the new republics in the Ukraine and Latvia.

74.   And the United States already has funded Colombian air and riverine interdiction efforts in an unsuccessful attempt to curtail the drug supply.

75.   And local fire departments will be able to apply for federal grants to buy more engines, hoses and radios to improve firefighting efforts in remote areas.

76.   And that requires an additional effort in that regard.

77.   And the vote could pave the way for ballot initiatives or legislative efforts in states where politicians have balked at authorizing concealed weapons.

78.   And their efforts in the McVeigh case set new standards for obfuscation.

79.   And there is an effort in the House to block funding for enforcement of the new regulations if, somehow, they manage to see the light of day.

80.   And they voiced strong support for American mediation efforts in the Middle East and continued pressure on Iraq.