1.   Years abroad had made them grateful for yams, bananas, cocoa beans and rice.

2.   And even if six model years make the car a bit long in the tooth, those teeth are still sharp.

3.   And every year that passes makes it less likely that it will happen, although Earnhardt is nowhere near giving up.

4.   Back then, she sold only a few furnishings a year made of fur or reptile skin.

5.   Boy, what a difference a year makes.

6.   Ah, what a difference a year makes.

7.   After watching other new biopharmaceutical companies struggle for years to make their own discoveries, win patents and begin clinical trials, Todaro is taking an alternate route.

8.   But even though shutting out television for one week a year makes for great press clippings, it accomplishes little.

9.   But one firm kept making bridge loans all along, and this year is making more than ever before.

10.   But the two airlines struggled for years to make the partnership work, a challenge that they are expected to again face with Alitalia.