41.   Stockpiles have been running far behind their historical averages after the past cold winter and an effort by refiners to cut inventory costs.

42.   The abnormally high snowfall the past winter could have yielded such results, they said.

43.   The blind date led to a marriage, two children ... and an expressed desire to be traded to the Angels this past winter, which the Royals accommodated.

44.   The killing of bison during the winter just past is only the latest chapter in the long, controversial history of the Yellowstone buffalo herd.

45.   The high-snow markers of winters past have long since been buried this winter across parts of the Midwest.

46.   The money came out of the Disabled Jockeys Fund, as did a new furnace this past winter for another former jockey in the middle of an Idaho blizzard.

47.   The past three winters in the United States set records for warmth.

48.   The past two winters, he grew up there again.

49.   The past winter months were the second-driest on record in the Pacific Northwest.

50.   The Orioles have waged a game of one-upsmanship the past two winters with the Yankees, and their presence in the Irabu pursuit surprises no one.