71.  Pataki met with Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver several times Tuesday, and the leaders reported some progress in the budget talks.

72.  Progress was reported this week, however, on reaching an agreement on a new arena.

73.  Representatives of Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers met with federal mediators last week, but neither side reported any progress in the dispute.

74.  Progress was reported on both fronts.

75.  Representatives of Croatia and the rebel Serbs met for seven hours in Geneva on Thursday, with neither side reporting any progress.

76.  Researchers are reporting rapid progress in deciphering the human genome, the DNA library carried in each human cell.

77.  Several people familiar with the talks reported progress today and said the tobacco industry might yield on the crucial issue of immunity.

78.  Some firms reported more progress than others.

79.  Stevens also reported progress in the fight against pirated software in China, saying state enterprises and government ministries are starting to buy more genuine computer programs.

80.  Speaking of DNA, other physicists reported progress in actually observing how DNA is pulled apart in the process of creating duplicate genetic blueprints for offspring.