71.  Despite my best efforts, I couldn't get the fixture to catch and hold securely over the bracket.

72.  Despite my best efforts, my first-grader had no idea who Princess Diana or Mother Teresa were until they died last week.

73.  Despite my best intentions and the occasional burst of cleaning zeal, my car will never be pristine.

74.  Despite my care and escaping the fate of its other, it looked bedraggled with few green leaves.

75.  Despite my cautions about profanity, you'll get help with directions if you ask.

76.  Despite my clear interest in finding fault, "The Long Boom" (Perseus Books, October 1999), is not so easy to dismiss.

77.  Despite my complaining, I have the better part of the deal.

78.  Despite my disguise, he spotted me.

79.  Despite my enthusiasm for a delicious-tasting phony fat, there's one thing about olestra's potential that troubles me.

80.  Despite my fantasy of overthrowing the conventional night-life order, I had an attack of cold feet and decided to play by the rules.