71.   The sum nestled her safely in third place behind Meiyuan Ding of China and Agata Wrobel of Poland.

72.   The scant cushion means he must finish no worse than two places behind Sprague to win the title.

73.   The wall was observed sliding into place behind Sandra Bullock as she glided through, Prada backpack on her back, one afternoon not long ago.

74.   The voting by secret ballot Wednesday took place behind the closed doors of the ornate caucus room in the Cannon Office Building.

75.   The voting Wednesday by secret ballot took place behind the closed doors of the ornate caucus room in the Canon Office Building.

76.   Their final two, blistering, near-perfect runs pushed Moseley from a silver medal to fourth place behind Richard Gay of France.

77.   They got him out of the pits in third place behind Martin and Jarrett and once in front never had to check his rear view mirror.

78.   They have since fallen to second place behind the Colorado Avalanche, so call it a mix of fate and skill that gave him the honor.

79.   They spent only eight days of the second half in second place behind the Mets, the rest in first.

80.   This year, it seems destined to fall into second place behind the redesigned Toyota Camry.