31.   Calving season begins in late winter.

32.   Claims could rise further in coming weeks as several states in the Midwest and Southeast recover from late winter floods.

33.   Cut back the bare wiry stems in late winter.

34.   Down south, Schultz likes saltwater fishing in the Florida Keys in late winter and early spring, going out on the flats for tarpon and bonefish.

35.   During the regular season, which begins Friday night, Fox will expose the sport only on Saturday afternoons, for six consecutive weeks in late winter.

36.   Eagles nest there in the late winter and early spring.

37.   Each trip will be conducted twice a year, with departures in the fall and late winter or early spring.

38.   Elsewhere in the nation, states scrambled for early spots in the primary process, worried that the race could be over by late winter.

39.   Earlier this week, residents of Rochester, N.Y., were buried by nearly two feet of snow as a late winter storm swept through the interior Northeast.

40.   Finally, Littlebird opens the flap on the round door and the blessedly cool late winter air rushes in.