81.   Government officials in Tabasco state finally released flood disaster payments which had been tied in red tape since last autumn.

82.   Gramm suprised Dole by tying him in a Iowa straw poll of Republicans last week, the first sign of Dole stumbling as he leads a crowded GOP field.

83.   Grinning in jumpy amusement or howling in dismay at the knots he has tied in his life, he always seems enlivened.

84.   GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler are roughly tied in global sport utility sales.

85.   He is tied in points with Dale Jarrett but leads the Winston Cup standings because he has more second-place finishes.

86.   He had long unruly brown hair tied in a ponytail and he had a beard and a mustache.

87.   He had them confounded, bewildered, embarrassed, tied in knots like so many pretzels.

88.   He stopped tying himself in knots with anger after every out.

89.   He tied it in the sixth, after Andruw Jones hit a two-out single and stole second on the next pitch.

90.   He stood singing with his hands behind his back, tied in microphone cables.