1.   A walkout would be the first involving nurses in the Boston area in a decade.

2.   A walkout would certainly be costly.

3.   But perhaps the two most bitter telecom walkouts were both against Nynex, which was later swallowed by Bell Atlantic and is now part of Verizon.

4.   But union officials said the walkout was a predictable reaction.

5.   Dramatic walkouts are a very un-Republican thing, and no one expects it over abortion.

6.   GM had sought the arbitration, alleging that the walkouts were illegal because they concerned national issues such as plant investments.

7.   In the end, the walkout may have been effective after all.

8.   On opening night there were a few walkouts, but those who stayed for the nearly five-hour epic greeted it with a thunderous ovation.

9.   Other strike watchers, however, said union leaders, too, must have realized a walkout was inevitable.

10.   She denied, however, that a walkout is likely.