41.   This is the second successive year Thomas has begun spring training with a controversy.

42.   This makes it the third successive year when commitments have fallen behind requests.

43.   To try to come back from three operations in successive years would be unthinkable.

44.   To test the idea that white-footed mice keep gypsy moth populations in check, researchers at Millbrook counted the numbers of each in successive years.

45.   Only Arnold Plamer and Jack Nicklaus had won the tournament four times but they did not do it in successive years.

46.   Above-average rain this year, ending successive years of drought, has caused a sharp increase in malaria cases.

47.   Bad weather, including droughts, in successive years caused the food shortage to become acute, forcing the country to turn to the international community for help.

48.   By now, you surely must wonder how we could make use of Nolco in instances where the business incurred losses during successive years.

49.   Cuba is one of the few remaining communist allies of North Korea, which is suffering from an acute food shortage caused by two successive years of floods.

50.   Despite two successive years of marginal surpluses, hunger and malnutrition are widespread.