71.   She still pulls her shirt out to hide a belt that does not quite make the grade.

72.   She made excellent grades and would graduate cum laude in her class.

73.   She made good grades and tried hard to please her parents, who were unable to have any more children, she told The New York Times in August.

74.   Sexual harassment has made the grade as a legitimate workplace issue.

75.   Skier rankings are important, but so far, neither of the Hortons have enough points to make the grade.

76.   She first scouted possible sites in California and Arizona, but either land costs were too high or water supplies too iffy to make the grade.

77.   So far, the data suggest all nations except Greece will make the grade.

78.   Should we reduce appropriations to schools in economically depressed neighborhoods where students are struggling to make the grade because they have no parental help?

79.   Some Diors failed to make the grade with Ms. le Bourhis.

80.   Some of them were not sure if he could make the grade both on the field and in the classroom.