Colonel Kirkwood said the Air Force asked the company last year to submit its claims together if they covered similar disruptions to the project.

A further wave of strikes caused similar disruption on Feb. 6.

Other Arctic cultures that rely on nature report similar disruptions.

If there is a similar disruption this week, it will be the arrival of the Power PC chip.

He reminded himself that if someone were causing a similar disruption to his bridge, he would be equally upset.

The second half also suffered similar disruption as the crowd, which packed the touch-lines spilled onto the pitch during play.

"Perhaps we might cause a similar disruption of energy as that which freed us," Sarda suggested.

American suffered similar disruption last year when hundreds of its pilots called in sick.

There have been three government initiatives which were designed to obviate any similar disruption in the future.

Russia is the world's biggest producer of palladium, and a similar disruption last year sent prices soaring then.