71.   A couple of turns of the interest rate screw, they figure, would buy some permanent progress on the inflation front.

72.   A CIA report to Congress last month said that Russia had made progress on nuclear security.

73.   A company spokesman said it hoped to report progress on further sales within the next few months.

74.   A House panel has made progress on a judicial reform bill that would allow television cameras into federal appellate courts.

75.   A meeting of EU finance ministers and central bankers last weekend in Luxembourg reported no progress on an EU-wide agreement to discourage cross-border evasion.

76.   A meeting on Wednesday between the Japanese and Chinese foreign ministers at the United Nations made no progress on resolving the competing claims on the islands.

77.   A report in the Financial Times said the big British and French pay-TV companies have written to Bertelsmann expressing their concern about the sluggish progress on the venture.

78.   A short-lived power outage slowed progress on a few houses.

79.   A U.S. official involved in the summit talks said he was hopeful that signs of progress on rights might come in the weeks and months after Clinton leaves China.

80.   About a year ago, while channel-surfing through my TV set, I came upon a Louis Farrakhan speech in progress on C-SPAN.