71.   Conley will be the first freshman to lead the nation in scoring.

72.   Cotton production, in which Texas leads the nation, is in for some changes in the bill.

73.   Death penalty opponents say Texas leads the nation in executions of the retarded, followed by Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Louisiana.

74.   Democrats cringe at his pronouncements on the environment and worry he will lead the nation to war.

75.   Despite those concerns, Massachusetts is about to leap ahead of several other states to lead the nation with its wage rate.

76.   Denis, like many others in the elite, said Father Aristide was leading the nation into chaos.

77.   During the presidential campaign, Bush repeatedly defended the fairness of the Texas capital punishment system, which leads the nation in executions.

78.   Even people who are already leaders, like Gingrich, are determined to persuade voters that they can go a step further and lead the nation.

79.   Finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations agreed today to cooperate in foreign exchange markets.

80.   Florida apparently leads the nation in aggressively licensing its tourism logo, Gardener said.