21.   It is expected to include modest tax cuts, higher minimum pensions and an increase in security and defense spending in response to the heightened terrorist threat.

22.   Nonwage benefits include higher pensions, sick leave and night flight payments plus productivity incentives.

23.   The farmers turned down an offer made Tuesday by Papantoniou for higher pensions and lower fuel prices for farm work.

24.   The party backs farm subsidies and higher state pensions.

25.   The Social Democrats have accused the government of ignoring the plight of the most needy Latvians and have called for higher pensions, farm subsidies and a minimum wage.

26.   The Social Democrats have accused the government of ignoring poor Latvians and called for higher pensions, farm subsidies and a minimum wage.

27.   Their demands include greater price support for cotton and other crops, and various other issues including higher pensions and more works to deal with a growing drought problem.

28.   They turned down an offer made Tuesday by National Economy Minister Yannos Papantoniou for higher pensions and lower fuel prices for farm work.

29.   Thousands of airport, phone company and hospital employees staged a one-day warning strike Thursday to press demands for higher pensions.

30.   Zingeris said Lithuania provides some financial support for Holocaust survivors in the form of slightly higher pensions and discounts on such things as bus fares.