71.   As the Houston Rockets were taking an ax to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, Johnson was the one setting picks for a neophyte named Eddie Jones.

72.   As in a table setting for a dinner party, unexpected objects pressed into service to perform ordinary functions sometimes add zest to the array.

73.   As usual, Rose Bowl officials have a full schedule set for Washington.

74.   At a hearing in Manhattan federal court set for Monday, a judge is expected to return Abu Marzook to the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

75.   At a sentencing hearing set for later this month, Fireman also will face up to six months in jail.

76.   As university and college boards of trustees meet now through June to set budgets for next year, the recession is expected to crimp salary increases.

77.   At one point they do an Italian mambo and snake their way around the long table in the middle of the little restaurant set for dinner.

78.   At present, no date has been set for such a trip, according to Hiro Ueki, a spokesman for the U.N.

79.   At the least, they said, it could delay a vote, now set for this summer, until an agreement could be renegotiated by a Gore administration.

80.   Being able to recognize that you are under more stress than you can handle is one of the goals Nakamaru has set for her students.