31.   He cringes every time he hears a player gripe about the length of a spring training day or being needed for a commitment in the community.

32.   He had never even seen an NBA game until he showed up in Boston that spring day.

33.   He recalled being bedridden one spring day and listening out the window.

34.   He was as pleasant as a spring day, only on fast-forward.

35.   He wanted to sit on his patio in the Capitol, overlooking the Washington Monument, but the spring day did not disguise his autumnal quality.

36.   However, no longer are coaches prowling the sidelines on pleasant spring days, toughening their players by having them scrimmage long after the sun sets.

37.   I arrived on the express train around noon on a brilliantly sunny, cool spring day.

38.   In Boston the office market deteriorated faster than the weather on a spring day.

39.   In fact, she recently put on her full-length raincoat for a walk outside on a sunny spring day.

40.   In that moment, a brilliant spring day turned to ashes.