81.  Dekalb Genetics on Jan. 19 said it received the first U.S. patent for corn plants that resist the crop's most damaging pest, the European corn borer.

82.  Del Bello, who also was New York's lieutenant governor, added, "For the first time, I'm really worried about the plant."

83.  Del Monte earned $600,000 in the first 9 months of 1995, compared with a loss of $22.3 million in the same period in 1994.

84.  Del Piero and Vieri worked intricate little passes in open space, but they could not produce a goal in the first half.

85.  Delaware is the first of the U.S. Mint's "50 States Quarters Program," which will recognize all the states over a 10-year period.

86.  Delaware quarters were the first to be produced for release in 1999; after Pennsylvania, the remaining three this year will be New Jersey, Georgia and Connecticut.

87.  Delaware, home to Du Pont, came in first.

88.  DeLay may be the first national leader to advocate that Americans get down to breeding like bunnies.

89.  DeRosa, who completed his first eight passes, then had two poor ones intercepted.

90.  DeSaussure's freefall has made Jarzynka a starter at flanker, a first for him while serving as the UW place-kicker.