1.   Each of the flat-bed trucks arriving here carried one to three stamping dies.

2.   For all their size and weight, stamping dies are remarkably fragile, and will produce defective parts unless mounted with great precision in huge mechanical presses.

3.   General Motors agreed to return stamping dies that it acknowledged removing while the metal stamping plant was closed during the Memorial Day weekend.

4.   GM over the weekend tried unsuccessfully to move a stamping die used for making parts for Toyota Motor Co.

5.   Workers on the picket line say GM exacerbated longstanding tensions at the plant when it quietly removed several large stamping dies from the factory over the Memorial Day weekend.