1.   There is widespread expectation that the strike will be settled soon.

2.   Analyst Jacobs said Boeing will have to work hard once it settles the strike to regain lost momentum.

3.   Analysts originally expected the strike to be settled quickly, but the union and company appear to be far apart.

4.   And GM has only just settled a strike in Oklahoma City that has slowed the introduction of the redesigned Chevrolet Malibu and Oldsmobile Cutlass sedans.

5.   And he would not be surprised to see some realists from the other side come across the line if the season starts before the strike is settled.

6.   And what lingering effects will there be on the field if and when the strike is settled and the major leaguers come back?

7.   Anderson said he kept the decision to himself because he believed the strike would be settled by now.

8.   Besides, if the strike is settled soon, whatever growth has been lost will be made up, economists say.

9.   Boeing and the Machinists each have their reasons to settle the strike as early as next week, union insiders and industry observers said.

10.   Both Knechtel and Shoemaker were grim about the likelihood of a quick deal to settle the strikes here.