51.   His good looks helped keep the music alive during the lean years that followed, when grunge and then teen pop left the band searching for an audience.

52.   How is he going to be in lean years?

53.   In some lean years, Negro League players, including Gibson, took their talents south of the border.

54.   In those lean years, Hokies boosters gave him credit for being a Tech-man, but not much as a coach.

55.   It has been a lean year for Dungeness crab.

56.   Maxima has been a strong seller for Nissan all along, and has helped keep Nissan on a even keel through its recent lean years.

57.   Money is one reason, and Chailly has brought the orchestra fat recording contracts after a number of lean years.

58.   Neither is he responsible for the last seven lean years.

59.   Most heartening, though, for those who have survived the lean years is the upswing in cold, hard cash being spent by visitors.

60.   No matter that John Alexander and Phil Dent and Snake Case and Geoff Masters had carried the flag during the lean years.