61.   Earlier this week, crude and heating oil sank to their lowest prices in almost seven months, eroded by persistent talk of mild winter weather.

62.   El Nino is back and appears to be showing its hand in both the disastrous rainstorms in California and the mild winter the Northeast has experienced so far.

63.   Elsewhere in the region, two mild winters in a row seem to have helped produce a bumper crop of ticks.

64.   Energy experts also said it is unlikely that the region will benefit from another mild winter this year, with the result that oil consumption could increase substantially.

65.   Energy prices plunged on growing expectations that a mild winter in the Northeast will keep inventories of heating fuels high.

66.   Even in the Northwest, where forecasters were predicting a terribly mild winter, resorts are experiencing average snow accumulations.

67.   Evergreen during a mild winter, it demands little but gives a lot.

68.   Experts predict an especially bad tick season this year because of the mild winter in many parts of the nation.

69.   Figs need a long growing season and mild winters.

70.   Following a mild winter, firebush may be twice this height.