1.   Bush also tried to calm a country put on full alert on Sunday after American and British forces began strikes against Afghanistan.

2.   But industry groups began pre-emptive strikes over the weekend.

3.   GM began the strike with a very large inventory of cars and fairly large supplies of popular pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles.

4.   He gave orders to begin the strike on Saturday night, giving US-based war planes time to arrive in Afghanistan by nighttime the next day.

5.   Hotel workers, sensing a captive audience, have begun a strike this week, holding loud but disciplined rallies.

6.   If the request is filed, workers could begin a strike as early as next Saturday.

7.   If the workers reject the agreement, they could begin a strike the next day.

8.   On my orders the United States military has begun strikes against Al-Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

9.   STRIKE AT MCDONNELL DOUGLAS Machinists at McDonnell Douglas began a strike after a last-chance effort to reach a contract agreement failed.

10.   The hunger strikers, who are drinking water with nutrients, have had periodic medical checkups since they began the strike last Thursday.