31.   However, despite the global economic downturn and an uncertain advertising market, results this fiscal year will be flat against the prior year, he predicted.

32.   However, unlike prior years, sales of those once ubiquitous Lakers vehicle flags have been, well, flagging.

33.   However, each man helped rebuild those teams in the years prior to their Super Bowl season the same way.

34.   In contrast to the federal grants of prior years, the majority of current assistance is shifting to loans with lower subsidies, which adds to family debt levels.

35.   In prior years, only about half of those who had applied showed up on test day.

36.   In prior years, the fear that any act of war might lead to nuclear catastrophe impelled the superpowers to strenuously avoid direct combat with each other.

37.   In prior years, Freehling made sure the police were around anytime Rubin showed up.

38.   In the prior years when a guy went down, we just tried to get by.

39.   In the first half of the current fiscal year, he noted, Medicare actually spent less than in the first half of the prior year.

40.   In the year prior to that the shares doubled in price as the company became a favorite of international fund managers.