71.   All they wanted after a heartbreaking loss on Friday was a nice, easy blowout to ease their pain.

72.   Allen suffered big losses on his stake in RCN, a telecommunications company.

73.   Bush said he did not believe that his loss on the tax bill would hurt his political standing.

74.   But critics say the vast competitive changes under energy deregulation in recent years have prompted other utilities to accept losses on so-called stranded assets like Shoreham.

75.   But Dokic graciously refused to blame the loss on the call.

76.   But depreciation losses on second homes and hobby businesses are not recognized.

77.   But he went to great lengths not to pin the loss on the botched call at third.

78.   But if Bain had waited much longer to sell, it might have suffered the loss on Claricom.

79.   But many American companies are reluctant to raise prices in the fiercely competitive Japanese market, instead taking losses on overseas sales in hopes of gaining market share.

80.   But in it was something good, something with ramifications that far transcend this upsetting loss on this sweltering July afternoon.