31.   Processing plants have closed.

32.   She said a textile plant had closed in the area, forcing many of her neighbors into lower paying jobs in convenience stores and gas stations.

33.   So it was not surprising that the news that the plant will close had residents talking about rising taxes and possibly fewer services.

34.   Smith and others said they feared that Pilgrim might have developed a problem that Boston Edison could not have addressed, and the plant would have closed.

35.   Talks were begun by Greater Jamaica Development Corp., a nonprofit agency whose officials grew alarmed when they heard the plant could close.

36.   Strikes continued at two GM plants and an assembly plant closed last night because of a parts shortage.

37.   That may well have been the reaction of nuclear-power foes last week on word that the Connecticut Yankee plant would close for good.

38.   That plant will close.

39.   The biggest hits will come in Abilene and Austin, where Lockheed Martin plants will close by the end of next year.

40.   The contract will last for nine years, until the work is done and the plant closes.