71.   The cost of the postage and processing runs in the tens of billions of dollars each year.

72.   The city wastes hundreds of millions of dollars each year because it fails to collect taxes due or require competitive bids on city contracts.

73.   The federal budget, once in deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars each year, is now in surplus by like amounts.

74.   The House narrowly defeated efforts to end sugar and peanut price supports that consumer groups say cost Americans billions of dollars each year in higher food costs.

75.   The losses run into the hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

76.   The Korean won has dropped nine percent against the dollar this year, inflating debt at Korean companies and making key imports more expensive.

77.   The once anemic peso, for instance, has been relatively stable against the dollar all year.

78.   The peso gained versus the dollar this year because of heavy foreign investment.

79.   The rally in the dollar this year will also crimp earnings at Digital, which gets a majority of its sales from overseas.

80.   The price-fixing cost consumers million of dollars each year in higher prices for soft drinks, processed foods, detergents and other goods.