81.   As always, the chamber and new-music series are well worth a listen.

82.   As benefits go, the series is the picture of efficiency.

83.   As high-profile as Red Wings-Avalanche will be, and should be, that series is patty-cake compared to this one.

84.   As it stands, the belief that this series may already be over is taking hold in many corners.

85.   As Johnson suggested, the two-game series are the result of interleague play.

86.   As to complaints that the Nancy Drew series is trash or fluff, Karen Plunkett-Powell notes that she has used the books to teach writing to youngsters.

87.   Aside from that, there have been a series of escalating suits involving ownership in the league.

88.   At the center of the novel is a series of mysteries.

89.   Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy said he thought the Stars-Avalanche series might have been the Stanley Cup finals.

90.   Back East, the best-contested first-round series might be Philadelphia against Buffalo.