71.  At the CSU meeting today, Waigel rebuffed a suggestion by Bundesbank council member Reimut Jochimsen that Germany will fail the EMU entrance tests.

72.  Back on the ground, the council members enjoyed breakfast on the other side of a hill from the thousands of acres they hope to save.

73.  Banker Speaks More clues may come from Bundesbank council member Franz-Christoph Zeitler, who is scheduled to deliver remarks this evening in Augsburg.

74.  Because he lacks a vote to barter with, Green has the burden of cajoling council members to support his initiatives.

75.  Before Helms left New York, he had donned a U.N. cap and was exchanging toasts with council members at the staid Metropolitan Club.

76.  Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean and several council members expressed concern that, if passed, the petition would hurt city revenues and business.

77.  Besides Alarcon, council members Laura Chick, Mike Feuer, Rudy Svorinich Jr. and Hal Bernson have called for the resignation.

78.  Besides Steinbrueck and Drago, council members Margaret Pageler, Richard McIver and Jim Compton voted against the ban.

79.  Bonds got a further fillip after Bundesbank council member Dieter Hiss told reporters in Berlin he sees scope for another cut in rates.

80.  Bill Arthur, Northwest representative for the Sierra Club, said council members would probably hear about the letter, but he predicted that they would ignore it.