71.  One is Ichiro Suzuki, the free agent outfielder from Japan widely considered the best position player in that country.

72.  Quinn said Connolly was in the best position to know how to get word to Mercurio.

73.  Record retailers, by contrast, argue that since they have the relationships with customers, they are in the best position to be the center of music buying.

74.  Santangelo sheepishly noted that his best position was center field while he tiptoed around discussing Rivera.

75.  Sen. Mike Moncrief, D-Fort Worth, questioned whether candidates who run on anti-abortion platforms are in the best position to decide the issue.

76.  So which team maneuvered itself into the best position?

77.  Somalis, they say, are fighting to be in the best position for looting when the time comes for the U.N. to go.

78.  State policy makers are in the best position to determine whether their labor force would be helped by expanded parental leave benefits.

79.  Still, Steinberg believes McNown may end up in the best position among the half-dozen hot quarterback prospects.

80.  Strickland was in the best position.