21.   They pulled plows and police cruisers from snow-choked roads, shut schools and closed all highways leading from the city, including the Trans-Canada Highway.

22.   In Volgograd, schools were shut on Monday as the illness took its toll.

23.   Banks remained open, but most schools were shut for the day.

24.   Most schools were shut for the day, however, but banks remained open.

25.   Most vehicles were off the roads and shops and schools were shut, witnessess said.

26.   Offices, businesses and banks were open, but most schools were shut.

27.   Organizational difficulties have already kept most state schools shut in Guinea Bissau for most of the school year to date.

28.   Schools were shut.

29.   Schools were shut, but businesses tentatively opened their doors after the stoppage ended.

30.   Snow also fell in the south of the country, where schools were shut for two days.