71.   Relying on short-term capital is tantamount to resting on thin ice, as it can melt easily once confidence gives way to suspicions and rumours.

72.   They picture thousands of families hauling so heavy a financial load over thin ice that they could go crashing through.

73.   Thus, the United States will be on thin ice if it does impose sanctions at the same time as WTO panels are studying the situation.

74.   Three children died after falling through thin ice on a river in southeastern Ukraine, officials said Monday.

75.   Three Ukrainian fishermen were rescued Sunday after falling through thin ice while fishing in the capital Kiev, officials said.

76.   Two boys drowned in a frigid pond after they crashed through thin ice on the surface, a spokesman for the Emergency Situations Ministry said Thursday.

77.   Two eight-year-old boys crashed through thin ice and drowned while skating in western Ukraine, emergency officials said Wednesday.

78.   But that was short-lived, and the warm spell has cost the lives of several snowmobile drivers who fell through unexpectedly thin ice.

79.   Few European leaders have ventured out on what is politically thin ice.

80.   That is why the season is on thin ice.