41.   The strike comes as demand rises in the U.S. with the summer pickup in construction and higher automobile production, two key sources of copper consumption.

42.   The strike would come at a crucial time for cataloguers and charities, which normally depend on the pre-Christmas season months to send out flyers and magazines.

43.   The strike comes a week before elections for major state positions and on several volatile referendums, and on the eve of the crucial Christmas shopping season.

44.   The strike comes at a time of steady demand and falling stockpiles.

45.   The strike would come on one of the busiest tourist weekends of the year.

46.   The strikes came as signs of an alliance offensive continued to mount.

47.   Their strike would come amid broader social unrest.

48.   Then came the strike without end.

49.   Then came the strike.

50.   This strike comes at a time when American troops are at war and major airlines are struggling, Sullivan noted.