1.   A public-transport strike crippled Paris for the third day in a row.

2.   Inflation is up, lines formed at banks and a two-day national strike crippled Ecuador.

3.   It was their first mass action since last year, when a public transports strike crippled France for three weeks.

4.   She watched the collapse of Eastern Airlines and fears a strike could similarly cripple Delta.

5.   The strike was doubly crippling to the Expos.

6.   The strike crippled GM, and its settlement proved a stellar event for the whole labor movement because it gave new stature to unions representing industrial workers.

7.   Abacha seized power a year ago and used strong-arm tactics to intimidate opponents, including oil workers whose nine-week strike temporarily crippled the economy last year.

8.   Michel Bernard resigned Friday as chairman of Air Inter, the domestic carrier recently crippled by strikes.

9.   Public transportation has ground to a virtual halt nationwide as the strikes cripple rail, subway and bus service.

10.   The government rescinded the proposed tax hike after that strike crippled the country for a day.