1.   And while the administration is considering a surgical strike with cruise missiles, officials said the Pentagon is unlikely to strike in the next few days.

2.   But she makes just enough swift surgical strikes against her former husband to create an unflattering portrait.

3.   But with one surgical strike, they can play down indelicate matters like borrowing terms, pension costs, lease commitments, litigation and derivatives.

4.   Even surgical strikes by one or both of the unions could hamper the delivery of products ranging from cars and machinery to coal.

5.   Forget the near-numbing talk about presidential impeachment or the almost emotionless descriptions of the smart bombs and surgical strikes in Baghdad.

6.   How better to prepare America for surgical strikes?

7.   If Democrats in the House wanted to make a surgical strike on his district alone, they could ban federal funding supporting the cloning of grapevines.

8.   If Iran is developing a nuclear program, or chemical and biological weapons, a surgical military strike is unlikely to eliminate such projects entirely.

9.   If they were smart, plastic surgeons would park a van just outside Staples Center and offer a surgical strike team.

10.   It also comes at a time when the public seems unlikely to settle for the surgical strikes of the past.