31.   It was a tough few years.

32.   Many hand-held electronic organizers, popular among Japanese school girls for the last few years, feature on-screen dogs or cats that must be fed.

33.   Once every few years, their familiar faces pop up on the Olympic medal stand, the national anthem plays and the gold is hung around their necks.

34.   One pitcher after another over the last few years has been tried by the Yankees and found wanting.

35.   Over the last century, the powers and composition of the board have shifted every few years as the city has tried to fix the schools.

36.   She did, in fits and starts the first few years.

37.   Some recent photos show gullies that may have been cut by flowing water within the last few million years.

38.   Still, such a policy could have given Logan, whose security has been revealed in the last few years as lax and porous, a very different reputation.

39.   That finding indicates that the channels were formed in the last few million years.

40.   The Cubs of that season long ago have never been as mentioned as they have the past few years.