1.   In Tana shops were shut, streets were deserted and window shutters hurriedly closed as the time approached.

2.   The school was closed as a precautionary measure following a chemical leak.

3.   The Abingdon factory was to close as part of cutbacks being made by British Leyland.

4.   Although some plant officials say they are closing as a safety precaution, others have said the step is being taken as a safeguard against potential economic loss.

5.   And that raises questions about how a nation as closed as North Korea will react.

6.   And yet, the struggling players tried to take solace in coming close as a measure of how far they have come.

7.   At a private meeting of his shadow cabinet and senior party officials, he said that this gap will close as the general election approaches.

8.   Bracing for the political fallout, analysts already are developing worst case scenarios, including one that sees the summit closing as a public relations disaster.

9.   A frontier, but one so hauntingly close as to still feel a part of daily life.

10.   A seventh plant, known as El Dorado, in Clinton, Arkansas, was also closed as of Monday.