41.   Woodard said the announcement did not mean the Long Beach factory would close.

42.   A recession has set in, factories have closed and struggling Mexicans have been looking toward the United States for possible employment.

43.   After the silk factories closed decades ago, brothels and tumble-down rooming houses took over the street.

44.   But in the past year, the unemployment rate has risen dramatically as more factories have closed amid a sharp economic downturn.

45.   Factories have closed or gone idle, unable to compete with Western imports or drawn into a mire of inter-enterprise debts.

46.   Factories are closing because they cannot get raw material or spare parts or afford black market fuel.

47.   Exports are not growing and factories are closing in increasing numbers.

48.   Financial markets were closed until Monday and many factories closed.

49.   He said the factory may close if its application, to be decided next month, is turned down.

50.   His factory closed and reopened recently as he struggled to meet health code requirements.