1.   Unemployed workers staged strikes, and hungry peasants in many areas seized estates and took over village councils.

2.   In February state farm workers, teachers and transport workers staged strikes, and May saw a wave of strikes mainly in the transport and mining industries.

3.   The strike is being staged in protest against the plan by the university authorities to dismiss Sheena Falconer, a senior textiles lecturer in the school.

4.   Both groups have staged strikes and many have left their professions.

5.   Federal workers staged earlier strikes over promised wage increases as well.

6.   Huffy officials said they are prepared to use other bike suppliers if workers stage a strike this summer.

7.   If approved, the vote would allow DAG members to stage longer strikes.

8.   In recent months, workers at Boeing Co. and General Motors have staged massive strikes to protest outsourcing.

9.   In retaliation for the embassy bombings, the United States last week staged cruise missile strikes against targets in Sudan and Afghanistan it said were linked to bin Laden.

10.   Instead, she wins reassurance from her classmates, who decide to help her fight back by staging a strike against the teacher.