71.   Q. There have been a fair number of energy deals this year.

72.   Screenwriter Ed Healy gives us a fair number of twists, although some wind up in too-neat circles.

73.   Senior citizens also make up a fair number of the gamblers.

74.   She can say that about every president since Dwight D. Eisenhower, in fact, and a fair number of First Ladies, too.

75.   Still, a fair number of passengers, many of them men, flexed their John Wayne bravado and vowed to meet any threat head-on.

76.   Sure, a fair number of fans have sworn off the game.

77.   Surveys show that many voters separate their views on the proposition from the presidential election, with a fair number of Clinton supporters backing the anti-affirmative action measure.

78.   That would eliminate a fair number of the problems associated with the derivatives issue.

79.   The area also attracts a fair number of petty criminals.

80.   The first two editions were outdated quickly, because a fair number of larger trees were discovered.