31.   If the strike continues and operating personnel become scarce, the company could suspend the use of non-essential refineries.

32.   If the strike continues much longer, pressure could build on President Bill Clinton and Labor Secretary Alexis Herman to step in.

33.   If the strike continues and more local plants shut down, look for retail, restaurants and other sectors of our economy to suffer.

34.   If the strike continues until September, as union leaders suggest it could, growth will also be slowed for a further few months.

35.   If the strike continues, it will cost movie studios millions and millions of dollars.

36.   If the strike continues, no more closures would occur until next week, GM said.

37.   If the strike continues, provincial authorities said, they will urge parents to educate their children at home using assignments and learning aids provided on the Internet.

38.   In Colombia, negotiations aimed at averting an oil workers strike continued between state oil company Ecopetrol an unions, the company said.

39.   Industry experts are not certain how long the strike might continue.

40.   Industry analysts predict that American factories will begin closing later this week if the strike continues.