1.   Although wages have not skyrocketed for everyone in the trenches, employers have had to come up with creative ways to retain employees and lure new workers.

2.   An oil boom lured workers from Oklahoma and Texas, and several townspeople recalled that many were as crude as the fuel they drilled for.

3.   And expanding a staff without bidding up wages to lure scarce workers is not always easy.

4.   And one-time signing bonuses lure workers without obliging an employer to raise the pay of comparable workers already on the payroll.

5.   And the companies are turning to previously overlooked groups, luring elderly workers out of retirement and setting goals to double aboriginal employment.

6.   But in the rural South, employers had to find ways to lure workers away from their traditional farm jobs.

7.   Companies are shelling out more perks and higher salaries to lure skilled workers from competitors.

8.   Compounding the problem, many of the benefits that the Soviet Union introduced to lure workers northward are, surprisingly, still guaranteed by law.

9.   Dozens of studies have imputed a value to life from data on the extra wages required to lure workers to perform dangerous jobs.

10.   During congressional testimony, Greenspan said the low U.S. unemployment rate may push wages and prices higher as employers offer better salaries to lure workers.