31.   This was not supposed to be yet another bitter winter in the gracious and fraying capital of this lovely and distressed country.

32.   Various bitter winter vegetables.

33.   When Zahar Kofsman hears about food shortages and bitter cold winter in Moldova, he thinks about his former neighbors and friends.

34.   While central and eastern Europe had an exceptionally hot summer, in the United States the Northeast had an especially bitter winter.

35.   With bitter cold winters, scorching summers and limited rain, life remains a struggle.

36.   Among the complaints, there was almost no heat on the floor -- ironic for a car from a country known for its bitter winters.

37.   But this mission, featuring a bitter Kosovo winter and cramped quarters in a wheatfield encampment, seemed over the edge.

38.   Factories were clearing out warehouses to use them for housing in the bitter northeastern winter ahead, the China Daily reported.

39.   Huddled against the bitter winter cold people leaving Charikar traveled in large groups.

40.   In the bitter winter, hospitals lack clean water and heat, leaving them as cold inside as outside.