71.   Principals in the sale pushed within four hours of their midnight deadline to line up investors and make the payment.

72.   She added that unless the situation changed, an arrest warrant would be issued after the midnight deadline passed.

73.   Some post offices will stay open Monday until midnight to allow residents to mail their income tax returns before the midnight deadline.

74.   Still, Commander Sokoli, an insurgent spokesman, said he believed his soldiers would respect the midnight deadline.

75.   Ten players agreed to contracts with their former teams just before the midnight deadline.

76.   The announcement, applauded by immigrant groups, came a day after illegal immigrants flocked to Immigration and Naturalization Service offices to beat the midnight deadline yesterday.

77.   The agreement was reached at the World Trade Organization only hours before a midnight deadline.

78.   The details would be worked out Sunday before a midnight deadline, he said.

79.   The exchange came as a midnight deadline approached for agreement on the documents being prepared for the conference.

80.   The extension was announced hours before a midnight deadline.