1.   That was a bitter winter in all ways.

2.   The bitter winter had all the country in its grip.

3.   He was shown a viedotape of people swimming in the Drina River in bitter winter weather after an air drop, trying to save food that was floating downstream.

4.   Oxfam say woman and children are particularly at risk from the bitter winter weather.

5.   And bitter winters would be just as bad.

6.   And a trade publication has tantalized the industry with solar theories predicting a spate of bitter winters.

7.   As a bitter winter closes in, Russia has again tried to take itself hostage.

8.   As the people brace for another bitter winter, they are being counseled to cling to that hope in any way they can.

9.   As the bitter Afghan winter began to envelop the sprawling refugee camp at Maslakh, the people of Bareh Khaneh told their story in interviews over several days.