1.   Based on previous street shutdowns, lawsuits are likely to be filed.

2.   But the longest previous shutdown lasted one business day.

3.   In numbers and percentages, it would furlough more federal employees than any previous shutdown.

4.   In nure than in previous shutdowns, would be sent home Tuesday without pay.

5.   The canyon was closed for four days in November during a previous federal shutdown.

6.   The longest previous federal shutdown lasted six days and occurred last month as part of the same White House-Capitol Hill struggle to balance the budget.

7.   The previous record shutdown occurred just last month and lasted six days.

8.   There have been five previous shutdowns of this type in the shuttle program.

9.   Previous economic shutdowns have elicited little more than routine, and mild, State Department protests.

10.   The previous shutdowns have enraged opposition parties, anti-Milosevic activists and human rights groups.