81.  Any player would be crazy not to want to be in a situation like Cleveland or New York.

82.  Deputy Prime Minister Zhu Rongji is widely expected to succeed Li, and is likely to climb in the new party hierarchy that is to be formally announced Friday.

83.  Deputy Secretary Kenneth W. Dam said at a news conference that with some exceptions, finance, commerce and banking in the United States were all operating smoothly.

84.  Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage will be in the region this week, followed by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

85.  Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott and other U.S. diplomats will meet with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shamshad Ahmad next Tuesday in London.

86.  Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott called on the Japanese government Wednesday to reconsider a proposal to reduce its financial support for U.S. troops stationed in Japan.

87.  Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott directly blamed Milosevic in a statement on Wednesday for provoking the violence.

88.  Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, who is staying in his job, at least for the near future, offers the main continuity.

89.  Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior J. Steven Griles worked as a lobbyist for the coal and oil industry in the 1990s.

90.  Deputy Sports Editor Eric Sondheimer's local column appears Tuesdays in the Daily News.