71.   Solana has recently offered Montenegrins an incentive to stay allied with Serbia, saying the tiny republic improves its chances of joining the EU by remaining part of Yugoslavia.

72.   Sporadic fighting still wracks the tiny Caucasus Mountains republic.

73.   The all-amateur team of this tiny independent republic, in central Italy, remained in last place with nine losses in as many games.

74.   The final is scheduled for Sunday in this tiny republic.

75.   The July accord called for Chechen rebels to disarm and for Russia to withdraw most of its troops from the tiny southern republic.

76.   The Montenegrin government wants the tiny republic to become an internationally recognized state, with its own seat at the United Nations.

77.   The outdoor clay-court tournament in this tiny independent republic is part of the ATP tour.

78.   The separatist Chechen government frequently blames the mounting wave of kidnappings, most of which involve journalists, on enemies of peace inside and outside the tiny Muslim republic.

79.   The tiny Alpine republic reported its first case last week of the deadly disease known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE.

80.   The tiny Balkan republic was trying to forge ahead without the man who led it to independence four years ago in the breakup of the old Yugoslav federation.