71.   But the pregame chatter was either a fantasy or just what an overmatched team is trained to say before embarking on a nearly hopeless task.

72.   But Torre said before the game he expected they would rebound.

73.   Calipari said before the game that none of the four would play against Milwaukee, though he hopes to have everyone in the lineup Monday against Miami.

74.   Clinton said before the summit that he would not be happy with anything short of cancellation of all elements of the sale.

75.   Coach Al Groh said before the season that he thought the Jets would be hard to beat, and they were.

76.   Company attorney Charles Stillman had said before the bankruptcy filing Friday that investors would be repaid in full.

77.   Company executives also declined to say before January how much of an earnings rebound may be expected next year.

78.   Cone said before the game that he had slept soundly Sunday night, the excitement over his first major league start in four months finally starting to dissipate.

79.   Court adjourned before Bailey could question Fuhrman about finding the glove, and Bailey did not explicitly say before the jury that the detective planted it there.

80.   Daschle said before the Memorial Day recess that drug-pricing legislation is unlikely to win enactment this year because there is little common ground between the two parties.