31.   It plans to deploy the proceeds specifically to retain employees, especially teachers.

32.   Judy Walker, co-manager of work and family at Harvard, said the program had helped attract new faculty members and retain existing employees.

33.   Knowing the challenges he would face to pay and retain employees, Greg Gianforte, founder and chief executive of RightNow Technologies Inc., skipped the Valley altogether.

34.   Labor alone accounts for two-thirds of consumer prices, and many businesses have been offering increased wages and benefits to attract and retain employees.

35.   Many other companies, which use stock options as an important carrot to retain employees, have suffered similar stock-price nightmares.

36.   Mostly they do it for business reasons or to attract and retain employees or to appeal to young or mobile workers.

37.   Now, more than ever before, employers are concerned about retaining qualified employees.

38.   Now, the tight labor market is causing companies to offer promotions and perquisites to retain young employees who otherwise might be considering business school.

39.   One goal of the options incentive is to retain key employees, the SEC filing said.

40.   Program planners are going to increasing lengths and expense to gain attention, win customers and attract and retain employees.