71.   But slaves often fled their harsh lives in servitude, joining Indians in the remote outback and fighting wars against the Portuguese troops sent to recapture them.

72.   But the cost of fighting the war in Afghanistan has already cost tens of billions of dollars.

73.   But the Lebanese chaos gave an opening to a deadlier conflict, providing Syria and Israel the space to fight another war.

74.   But the United Nations is not capable of fighting a war on its own, and Washington should not be sinking rashly into a widening conflict.

75.   But these days the circulation wars are being fought over tiny increments.

76.   But wars are not fought in a political vacuum, and the pressures on Bush to end the battle were considerable.

77.   But when we were fighting a dubious war by dubious means, where did that security lie?

78.   Carter, wearing a sweater in a televised speech to drive home his point, termed energy conservation the equivalent of fighting a war.

79.   Can traditional economic analysis provide useful insights into how to fight this war?

80.   Civilians tend to get in the way of warring armies and have since wars have been fought.