51.   The strike will become more costly to GM as more truck plants close.

52.   The union had initially expected the plant to close in June.

53.   The Toronto-based company said the plant will close in three years anyway because it will build a new plant in Alberta, Manitoba or Saskatchewan.

54.   Thousands of office furniture workers are out of work, and several plants closed across the nation.

55.   Those workers were told that as a condition of being hired they would be dismissed without benefits when the plant closed.

56.   To cut down on moisture loss during dry periods, plants close the stomata, or tiny openings in their leaves.

57.   Two years ago, the plant closed.

58.   When the plant closed, the trust could have let the government absorb the loss.

59.   When the plant closed, he said, a company near Detroit bought the name, recipe and packaging.

60.   When the plant closes in September, Hasbro will no longer do any manufacturing in its home state of Rhode Island, Charness said.