Since 1989, the company has closed dozens of offices around the world and laid off 2,300 employees, or nearly 17 percent of its work force.

"I expect that in the next few years we will be closing dozens more."

In the last year, he has temporarily closed dozens of independent newspapers and television stations because they griped too loudly about him.

Heavy snowfalls in northern Spain forced traffic officials to close dozens of mountain passes.

The Palestinians have had to close dozens of illegal dumps and transport the garbage to the new, properly lined one.

It has closed dozens of stores and said in February that it was laying off 25 percent of its corporate staff.

It would be the first significant revamping since 1993, when the company dismissed thousands of workers, closed dozens of plants and also took huge charges.

Management closed dozens of outdated stores and dismissed thousands of workers.

He led a battle in the 1980's to close dozens of illegal bodegas along the Grand Concourse and its side streets.

During the recession, Marvin's competitors closed dozens of plants, let hundreds of workers go.