51.   Crops in some areas, especially soybeans, are behind the normal development pace because they were planted late due to wet spring weather.

52.   Crops in Ukraine have been damaged this year by the cold spring weather and summer droughts, leading the Agriculture Ministry to downgrade its grain harvest forecast several times.

53.   Demand was higher than expected because of warm spring weather.

54.   Early spring weather threatens disease if the bodies are not removed quickly.

55.   False rumors about a major accident there a week ago alarmed residents across the country, frightening some into staying indoors for days despite the unusually warm spring weather.

56.   Former President Jimmy Carter partially blames spring weather for the breakdown of the cease-fire in Bosnia and stands ready to return there to renegotiate peace.

57.   He said the past two mild winters and early onset of spring weather each year led to favorable reproductive conditions.

58.   However, with the onset of spring weather it seems both sides have embarked on a new season of fighting.

59.   In balmy spring weather, voters stood in long lines at polling stations in the capital of Seoul and surrounding areas on Thursday.

60.   In Europe, beer sales rose two percent despite cold spring weather.