91.   Most of the banks have been closed since last year and many of the bank owners and directors have already been arrested or jailed.

92.   Most operations at the embassy have been closed since Monday, after the State Department ordered half a dozen missions to suspend operations because of increased threats of terrorism.

93.   Much of downtown Manhattan was to reopen Monday, as was the New York Stock Exchange, which has been closed since Tuesday.

94.   Ndolo Airport, in the center of the sprawling capital, has been closed since the accident, effectively grounding air cargo companies.

95.   No one has come close since.

96.   On Saturday, in a goodwill gesture, Burma reopened the three official border checkpoints to Thailand that had been closed since last year.

97.   President George W. Bush announced that Reagan National Airport, closed since the terror attacks on the United States three weeks ago, would reopen Thursday under tight security.

98.   Serb heavy-weapons fire has basically kept that route closed since summer.

99.   Schools have been closed since March, when protests burst into violent insurgency and rampant criminality that paralyzed public life across most of the country.

100.   Serb heavy-weapons fire has effectively kept that route closed since summer.