A small strike is given on the Achilles tendon using a rubber hammer to elicit the response.

The optimism quickly tapered off, however, and the population declined again, with only small occasional strikes to keep up the hopes of those who remained.

The miners who discovered the mines, and the investors who bought their claims, did not know whether they had made a small, or large strike.

Its main method of operation was small strikes at military and government installations and then melting away.

The smaller Baltic strike had been quenched almost immediately.

Combined with many smaller strikes a new record of strike activity was set.

Conventional weapons have accurate, small strikes, causing minor, but nevertheless, important damage to the target.

After winning several small strikes over wages in its first year, the union grew to 30,000 members.

Students and workers reported that small strikes were beginning at a number of offices and factories to show support for the students.

The smaller retaliatory strike is then more easily destroyed by the defence system than a full attack would be.