31.   If bonuses rise higher, it could spur consumer confidence, which sagged last year after a summer bacteria scare and unseasonably warm winter weather.

32.   In a cold winter, consumers would benefit, but in a warm winter, even though their consumption actually fell, their bills would remain unchanged.

33.   In a warm winter, however, bills would not decline.

34.   In part, this is because of El Nino, which brought much of the northern hemisphere an unseasonably warm winter.

35.   Instead, they said, an unseasonably warm winter had probably shifted some construction usually done in the spring to the winter months.

36.   It refuses to produce bananas, despite a sunny exposure on the east side of the lower terrace and warm winter quarters in the greenhouse.

37.   Ito-Yokado said cool summer and warm winter forced its earnings down last year.

38.   Ito-Yokado said cool summer and warm winter pushed down the company earnings last year.

39.   Later, its warm winters earned the town a reputation as a health resort.

40.   Longman said the decline reflects weakness on Florida routes owing to warm early winter weather in the Northeast and fare-cutting by struggling competitor AirTran.