1.   The law says that British Coal has to go through a procedure of consultation before it can close pits.

2.   But the cavernous pits are now closed, victim to better technology applied elsewhere in Sweden.

3.   Chicago Board of Trade directors approved a controversial proposal to close its pits during the night, choosing to conduct all night futures trading through computer networks.

4.   In the decades after World War II, Bessinger brothers opened and closed barbecue pits all over the low country of South Carolina.

5.   The plan was designed to help these areas create alternative sources of employment as unprofitable pits are gradually closed.

6.   The plan was designed to help mining-dependent areas create alternative sources of employment as unprofitable pits are gradually closed.