101.   Months before the mission, the U.S. and Russian space agencies agreed that Discovery would forgo the close encounter if any one of seven critical steering thrusters failed.

102.   Reports of hoaxes and panics, close encounters and alien abductions, and UFOs held steady.

103.   Rumsfeld played dramatic audio and video tapes of previous close encounters between U.S. and Chinese planes.

104.   Snubbed by their own government, three Japanese pilot unions said Thursday they will take their complaints about close encounters with American warplanes directly to U.S. authorities.

105.   The game lived up to those expectations, proving to be a close encounter between two good servers, who were also precise and creative in their open play.

106.   The Hollywood prostitute has taped a TV commercial promoting the radio station she claims they were listening to during their close encounter.

107.   The six astronauts, uncertain about the details of the rendezvous until practically the last minute because of a shuttle jet leak, continued to savor the close encounter.

108.   The statistics suggest a close encounter.

109.   The statement came after three Japanese pilot unions said Thursday that they will take their complaints about close encounters with American warplanes directly to U.S. authorities.

110.   Viewers get to see the standard car chase on the Chicago freeway and a close encounter with death on the railway tracks.