41.   A military spokesman, Air Commodore David Wilby of Britain, described a series of strikes against military targets on Thursday night.

42.   A military strike against Iranian missile factories outside Teheran would be very difficult for Israel and fraught with huge risks for the United States and its gulf allies.

43.   A meeting of NATO ambassadors in Brussels on Sunday stopped short of reviving plans for NATO strikes against the Serbs in Kosovo and Serbia itself.

44.   A military strike against Iraq for defying U.N. constraints would solve nothing.

45.   A separate report shows that the number of workers filing for state unemployment benefits rose last week as the strike against General Motors put thousands out of work.

46.   A short-lived strike against Kansas City Southern Railway ended late Tuesday when a federal judge in Shreveport, La., issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the walkout.

47.   A majority of Americans, polls show, supported the Teamsters in their strike against UPS.

48.   A military strike against Iraq would send oil prices soaring.

49.   A prolonged bombing attack on Iraq, a terrorist attack against the West or an Iraqi strike against Israel would most likely bring international travel to a halt.

50.   A strike against a major airline may not happen, at least not a full-blown, sustained strike, a relative rarity in recent years.