71.   After the NRA lost its fight over the assault weapons ban, it tried and failed to defeat the omnibus anti-crime legislation that contained the ban.

72.   Against a backdrop of poster-sized medical drawings, a new chapter opened last week in the decades-old fight over abortion.

73.   Alagoas might seem an improbable locale for a fight over international finance.

74.   Aguilar pointed out that a court fight over preclearance or seeking Justice Department approval in each case would only delay the process of upgrading poor-performing schools.

75.   Also, expect a raging fight over whether telephone companies can sell information services.

76.   Both sides are digging in on a fight that could serve as a warm-up for an expected fight over filling any Supreme Court vacancies.

77.   Bush also set up a coming fight over Social Security.

78.   But after surviving many attacks, Vasiliev said he had begun to consider resigning several months ago, when some ugly fights over shareholder rights erupted.

79.   Burroughs Wellcome, which was acquired by Glaxo Holdings last year, just ended a protracted fight over its patent for another AIDS drug, AZT.

80.   But better rules are long overdue, and fights over details should not be allowed to prevent action.