71.   Because the new citizens tend to vote Democratic, some Republicans are suspicious that the number of naturalizations is reaching another peak during an election year.

72.   Because this is a state election year, the debate with the City Council over the budget could be especially lively.

73.   Being an election year, politicians across the state are jumping on the gas-price-bashing bandwagon.

74.   Because it is an election year, supporters still hoped that there would be enough pressure to get the bill moving again.

75.   Besides, broadcasters say, this sudden wealth happens only during election years.

76.   Because this is an election year, members of Congress want to be out campaigning.

77.   Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin proved again over the weekend that it is impossible to separate diplomacy from domestic politics, especially in an election year.

78.   Bickering this election year between Democrats and Republicans over a drug benefit for Medicare enrollees has been shrill.

79.   Both knew before they spoke that it would never happen, not in an election year.