81.  Although it is on the council, The Church of the Brethren, which has no churches in the Valley, did not participate in the secession working group.

82.  As a boat person, I understand that later in the summer, I will rue having a lawn to mow and take care of.

83.  Despite the outlandish outfit, the chief executive, Kenneth W. Davidson, is a rock-and-roller of near professional caliber.

84.  Despite their shared interest in appealing to new audiences, they were disinclined to take the easy path of organizing yet another exhibition of, say, Impressionist paintings.

85.  Despite two previous meetings, the second of them just three weeks ago, the Jaguars staff began doing its game plan from scratch for the Titans.

86.  Despite vast geographic and cultural distances, this is a case of like meeting like.

87.  Despite what I thought of as some of the rip-off sensationalism, I thought it was a fair and accurate assessment of the automotive repair industry.

88.  David Wise, 52, of nearby Bedford, had open surgery in June 1998 to remove what was thought to be a benign tumor in his small intestine.

89.  Director Chris Coleman's staging of "Sailing to Byzantium" is elegant.

90.  Davis knows that the program is one of only 16 Division I schools whose football athletes have exceeded the 70 percent graduation rate the past five years.