71.   The one penny that would tip the scales toward Northwestern in the game.

72.   The recent bad news may have tipped the scales for investors who were hanging onto shreads of hope that such funds would recoop their losses.

73.   The study inferred that parents can give their offspring genetic traits that tip the scales toward both heavier weight and lower status.

74.   The sugar requirements of an average dessert may well tip the scales with a baked banana.

75.   The scale can be tipped by the flightiest breeze.

76.   The two campaigns are haggling over the number and format for debates, with each side knowing that these widely viewed meetings may tip the scales on Election Day.

77.   The Wizards and Clippers will help answer the question with their first and second selections, but Babcock is not going to tip his scales during the discovery process.

78.   This is the penny that will tip the scales in your favor.

79.   This year a Legislature, almost evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, likely will tip the scales of political power.

80.   To do so prior to a settlement, it said,would amount to a surrender and would tip the scales to its opponents.