1.   Bats connect for long, solid hits -- or whiff past the ball for devastating third strikes.

2.   Just a few months ago the industry was stockpiling shows and films in anticipation of devastating dual strikes by actors and writers.

3.   The automaker said it will work closely with the United Auto workers, which settled two devastating strikes against GM last week.

4.   The Clinton administration demanded this week that the government of President Saddam Hussein stop the repairs if Iraq hoped to avoid a devastating U.S. strike.

5.   They have also stressed that India would hit back with a devastating retaliatory nuclear strike.

6.   Broadcasters broke from programming for three minutes Friday to pay homage to the victims of the devastating terrorist strikes on the United States.

7.   Devastating flooding strikes every summer in south China, where centuries of intensive farming have stripped away vegetation and damaged soils needed to catch rain.

8.   Election-year pressures in Russia, however, had government officials were willing to promise huge sums of money as they scrambled to end the potentially devastating strike.

9.   Hollywood screenwriters and producers recessed contract talks Saturday and will resume Monday in hopes of preventing a potentially devastating strike, spokespersons for both sides said.

10.   In Russia, however, election-year pressures had government officials willing to promise huge sums of money as they scrambled to end the potentially devastating strike.