1.   It gave the older massage parlors a maximum of two years to move to conforming locations or cease operations.

2.   The factory ceased operations last year.

3.   The court ordered the company to cease operations forthwith.

4.   In negotiations conducted through church officials the NPA stated that Drown would be released only if government troops in the region ceased operations and returned to barracks.

5.   The London aviation did indeed make a statement last er Friday that they will cease their operation in April nineteen ninety four.

6.   And Brandwise.com, a joint venture between Hearst and Whirlpool, ceased operations last Thursday.

7.   Anya Sacharow, an analyst with Jupiter Research, said she was disappointed to see a promising company cease operations.

8.   Baron, which ceased operations last summer, is liquidating under the supervision of U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

9.   Baron, a small Manhattan-based brokerage firm, ceased operations last summer, after a history of disciplinary problems with regulators.

10.   A corporation can be forced by its creditors to cease operations and see its assets carved up to pay debts.