1.   A pay raise would boost employee morale a great deal.

2.   Congress actually had the gall to vote for a pay raise for themselves.

3.   The merit system replaced automatic yearly pay raises.

4.   ...the recent brouhaha over a congressional pay raise.

5.   They all received a retroactive pay raise.

6.   Senators voted themselves a pay raise despite the budget shortfall.

7.   I break out in a cold sweat when I think about asking my boss for a pay raise.

8.   Also being resisted is a proposal by the company to give pay raises on the basis of performance instead of across-the-board, regular contractual increases for journalists.

9.   Although the Rangers agreed to re-negotiate with him, there is no guarantee of an automatic pay raise.

10.   Also yet to be considered are pay raises for state workers, increases in caseloads in public assistance programs and the cost of inflation.