71.   Flowering may continue into early spring during winters as mild as the one just past.

72.   Forecasters at the Climate Analysis Center of the National Weather Service at Camp Springs, Md., predicted a mild winter for the Northeast last year.

73.   For one thing, two mild winters have promoted the growth of pollen-producing grass and weeds.

74.   Fortunately, he added, it was a mild winter.

75.   Gesser said there are indications that El Nino, the global climatic phenomenon that may have been responsible for the mild winter in the U.S., could be weakening.

76.   He said low rainfall and a mild winter contributed to the beet armyworm problem.

77.   Heating oil could fall if a third week of mild winter weather causes inventories to rise.

78.   Historical data show that a high proportion of tropical storms and hurricanes late in the season is correlated with mild winters in the East.

79.   I would have liked to have gone in February or March, when you really need a break from even a mild winter in New England.

80.   In addition, mild winter weather in the U.S. and Europe is weighing on refiner demand for crude as consumers burn less heating oil.