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

72.   In past winters, soldiers had abandoned the posts, which rebels seized early this year.

73.   In the sprawling food market of Maputo, the capital, vendors offer a range of fruits and vegetables instead of the cabbage found in past winters.

74.   Nathalie Patenaude, of Auckland University, has spent the past four winters observing the whales.

75.   The former governor of Primorye, Yevgeny Nazdratenko, was forced to resign after failing to reverse an energy crisis this past winter.

76.   The most serious occurred this past winter with the disappearance of a laptop computer containing highly sensitive information about weapons systems.

77.   Thousands of families who live in flimsy shacks are bracing for freezing temperatures that have contributed to dozens of death during past winters.

78.   The Bundesbank says a third of that growth in GDP is due to better weather, the past rough winter having hit hard at the construction sector.