61.  For the better part of three decades, Packers fans have had little else to do but cling to the memory of Lombardi.

62.  For the better part of three innings last night, David Cone was writing the sequel to that heartwarming Gotham bestseller, "Overcoming Your Aneurysm."

63.  For the better part of two centuries, U.S. fears of and prejudices toward this population has pitched the frontier into wars, violence and world-class population dislocations.

64.  For the better part of two days, Steve Kerr had gotten more air time than the cast of Seinfeld.

65.  For the better part of two weeks, a wide variety of elements of the Dodgers' game fell tidily into place.

66.  For the better part of two weeks, crowds of some 30,000 will pack the Georgia Dome to see the men and women gymnasts perform.

67.  For the better part of two years, he has been battling, possibly futilely, to return 429 dockers to work.

68.  Foley lies there for better part of five minutes.

69.  For the better part of 150 years, Democrats controlled both houses of the General Assembly, the state's legislature.

70.  For the better part of a century, East Harlem was best known for its tenement housing for a succession of immigrants.