11.   The factory operated at a profit but was open for only two years.

12.   The factory operates around the clock.

13.   The factory operates in a uniquely Russian mixture of capitalism, socialism and shadowy financing.

14.   The factory is still operating.

15.   The factory operates seven days a week, and the workers tend the fires in the kiln all night.

16.   While the state factories still operate under old standards, they at least have standards.

17.   A few small factories operate, but mostly people run stores and trade.

18.   Agricultural machinery is stalled, and some factories are operating at night, when electricity supplies are still available.

19.   American factories operated at the highest capacity in more than five years last month while consumer prices posted the biggest gain since August.

20.   But several hundred thousand of those in fact only work part time because their factories are operating with reduced capacity.