21.   Although dangers still exist, Shope said, scientists have installed more sophisticated equipment to protect workers and to improve the safety of laboratory research into such infectious agents.

22.   But fairness, they say, requires protecting workers from punishment for simply denying that they did anything wrong.

23.   But Bush policy director Josh Bolten said the U.S. Department of Labor would be charged with protecting workers against such pressure tactics.

24.   But labor unions and many public-health advocates say federal regulations are needed because not all corporations can be trusted to protect workers.

25.   But that deal fell apart over an unrelated issue involving requirements that employers act to protect workers from illness and injury from lifting heavy objects and repetitive motion.

26.   But the restrictions also protect workers from managers whose primary purpose in consulting workers is to block union organizers.

27.   By Wednesday, Erin could enter the Gulf of Mexico, forcing producers to shut down offshore platforms to protect workers and safeguard equipment.

28.   Chief among them is protecting workers whose jobs are being wiped out by the merger fever sweeping the railroad industry.

29.   Concerns about how well Rocketdyne and Atomics International protected workers like Moran and Schechter have taken on new currency.

30.   Corrado says no one will be dismissed and civil service rules protecting workers will be honored.