71.   Daskalakis may be joining the ranks of the Grant-obsessed.

72.   Early on, Sun, IBM, Oracle, Netscape Communications and others joined ranks to develop hardware specifications for NCs.

73.   Duke became the final team to join the ranks of the beaten Sunday when it lost to Florida State.

74.   Even former Chief Ed Davis, who previously avoided criticism of Williams, has joined the ranks of other critics in the wake of the reprimand.

75.   Even so, the male culture that has so long dominated Detroit may be under strain as more women join the ranks.

76.   Even Kevin Kelly, one of the cybergurus behind Wired, has joined the ranks of supporters.

77.   Fern gets to join their ranks because the foursome has dwindled to two.

78.   First Union is the ninth commercial bank to receive equity underwriting powers, joining the ranks of NationsBank Corp., National City Corp. and Chase Manhattan Corp.

79.   For a while, it appeared that New York would join the ranks of Missouri and Illinois.

80.   For years, American parents have been encouraged to help their children join the ranks of computer-literate, Internet cruisers.