71.   Croatia, in its eighth year of existence, almost scored the biggest upset of the tournament, even taking the lead before finally falling to French flair.

72.   He managed the Mariners into the AL championship series this season, his eighth year in Seattle.

73.   However, others have profited from the violence that has ravaged Algeria since the start of the insurgency, now in its eighth year.

74.   In its eighth year, the event again drew national and international curiosity but little response from the hogs themselves.

75.   In March, the economy will begin its eighth year of an expansion that already is the third-longest in U.S. history.

76.   In May, it completes its eighth consecutive year.

77.   Investors had hoped Japan would promise more government spending to kick start its moribund economy, now in the eighth year of a stubborn slump.

78.   It was the eighth straight year that Hong Kong has topped the list compiled by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal.

79.   It was the eighth consecutive year of decline, the NCHS said.

80.   Last year marked the eighth straight year of coca production increases in Colombia, according to State Department statistics.