71.   Anxious New England legislators having been meeting for months with Pentagon officials to forestall cutbacks.

72.   As a student at Christ the King High School in Middle Village, he met brothers for the first time and immediately realized he had found what he wanted.

73.   As a result, the decision had to wait until Thursday, when the Bundesbank met for its regular meeting.

74.   As in June, Gabon is raising the issue of its departure just days before OPEC meets for one of its annual conferences.

75.   As the meeting ended, Pataki and Giuliani also met alone for a few minutes for a private discussion, the contents of which were not disclosed.

76.   As the rally wound down, the administration announced that Secretary of State Colin L. Powell would meet for a second time with Arafat on Wednesday.

77.   As the rest of the team met for more than an hour Monday at Iceoplex, Storr worked out with goaltender consultant Don Edwards.

78.   At a company meeting for analysts and money managers in Atlanta last month, Minute Maid was the focal point at a breakfast meeting.

79.   As though meeting for espionage, we parked earlier at the center of a medieval village and waited for Jade and his master, Joel Barthelemy.

80.   As we talked, Wood received a phone call from Prince Demitri of Yugoslavia, who was scheduled to meet us for lunch.