The strike has caused fewer problems than many had predicted.

Mission officials said it was too early to determine whether the strike caused damage.

The strike will cause a day of inconvenience for many.

"We regret the cost the strike will cause our employees and the community," he said.

The strikes and the hard times had caused everything.

By contrast, a strike could cause more damage to baseball.

That last strike must have caused a short in the system.

The players and the owners were too close on the issues, the thinking went, to risk the harm a strike would cause.

The 18-week-long strike has already caused the networks to push back the start of the 1988-89 season.

The 1994 players' strike caused a decline in interest and industry consolidation.