61.   As the investigation dragged through last winter, the companies were forced to repeatedly delay the date by which they expected to close the deal.

62.   As Princeton, Yale and other selective universities announced more generous financial aid plans for students last winter, Harvard was noticeably absent.

63.   At a West Village deli last winter, Petra Barchi got an unexpected earful.

64.   At least that was my conviction before the day last winter when I drove through Indio, Calif., and was confronted by a billboard.

65.   At first last winter price increases bore a straightforward connection to the attempt by the international cartel to reassert world market power by limiting production.

66.   At one point last winter I decided to cancel my subscription, but could not get through to anyone either by computer or phone to do so.

67.   At the Balsams last winter I told my companion, Stephen Lines, you can do a three-sport day.

68.   At the bar, the Motherlode, Ms. Bonime met a visitor from Sweden who coped with the housing shortage last winter by digging a snow cave.

69.   At the height of the silliness last winter, a buddy of mine, Doug Levy, performed an impromptu experiment.

70.   At Gulfstream Park last winter, the horse was so skittish before races that McGaughey obtained permission to saddle him in the tunnel between the paddock and track.