1.   Although substantial job cuts had been expected, the number was bigger and the action will come sooner than many employees and analysts had expected.

2.   And when it does crack down on wrongdoing, the action almost always comes too late to affect the outcome of the election.

3.   Any legal action will probably come only after the strike starts, and a lot depends on whether Congress decides to strip baseball of its trust-exempt status.

4.   Any action would come only if U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, decides to give the bill a hearing.

5.   As he has often done when his actions have come under fire, Netanyahu sought to portray himself as defending Israel from the perpetual assault of a hostile world.

6.   At the same time, they know that such an action will come at a cost.

7.   Both actions came in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.

8.   Both actions came over Forest Service objections.

9.   Action came after a barrage of criticism, much of it from athletes.

10.   But as they go on the offensive, both candidates are finding that past actions are coming back to haunt them.