41.   These microscopic plants periodically leave thousands of fish flopping on the shore for lack of oxygen or floating dead on the water.

42.   This leaves thousands of tons of harmful chemicals unaccounted for.

43.   Those same restrictions left thousands of state enterprises mired in debt, dragging earnings and stock prices to record lows.

44.   Thousands were left without power.

45.   Thousands have been left without power while airports in New York and many roads have been closed and railways have been disrupted.

46.   To his surprise, he found that many Americans did not know where Sierra Leone is, or that a war there is leaving thousands of children maimed.

47.   Who got rich off the deals that eventually crippled the company, leaving thousands suffering?

48.   Pilots continued to call in sick and refused to fly overtime, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

49.   A fast-moving storm thundered through eastern and central New York on Friday, felling trees and power lines and leaving thousands of residents without electricity.

50.   A heavy fog in most of the northern districts left thousands of buses and trucks stranded for hours.