1.   French efforts to cure its deficit by cutting social security spending, for example, paralyzed the country by sparking three weeks of public sector strikes.

2.   In a televised address on Sunday, Estrada sounded a different note when he apologized for the scandal that has paralyzed the country.

3.   In France, the country has been paralyzed by three weeks of public-transport strikes.

4.   Johnson remained in office for another year, his standoff with Congress paralyzing the country.

5.   That lack of cooperation is evident in the current political stalemate that has paralyzed the country.

6.   The impact of the strike that paralyzed the country for three weeks will be seen mainly in the December numbers.

7.   The program seemed to work until September, when frustrated Indians took to the streets and blockaded major highways, paralyzing the country and leading to bloody clashes.

8.   The Watergate coverup and the investigations that unraveled it paralyzed the country for nearly two years.

9.   Today, Monte Carmelo is caught in the cross-fire between leftist rebels and right-wing paramilitaries that is paralyzing the country.

10.   Trade union strikes continue to periodically paralyze the country.