11.   Nor is Pena the only disappointing Clinton appointee hanging around as inconspicuously as possible until the political climate makes the confirmation of a replacement less traumatic.

12.   Others are testing tea, patchouli, spices and tree farms, because the warm, damp climate makes trees grow faster than just about anywhere else.

13.   Subtract areas where the climate makes air conditioning unnecessary, and almost no homes are built today without central air.

14.   The desert climate makes it.

15.   The semiarid climate makes it hard to grow grass.

16.   They are biologists who have documented that the thickness of the beaks of certain finches varies according to the type of seeds the climate makes available.

17.   This climate makes property spinoffs attractive, Evans said.

18.   This hospital has never treated large numbers of uninsured people but here, as elsewhere, the newly harsh fiscal climate makes charity care all the less attractive.

19.   However, Intel said the uncertain economic climate made it difficult to predict short-term demand.

20.   Intel said the uncertain economic climate made it difficult to predict short-term demand.