41.   But aside from retail and a handful of other sectors where pay is hourly and relatively low, interest among employers in hiring older workers appears equivocal at best.

42.   But as the job market has tightened, telemarketing has increasingly become a haven for older white-collar workers set adrift by the latest recessionary shock or round of downsizing.

43.   But Congress cannot enable older workers to sue state agencies because the Constitution provides such little protection from age discrimination, the court added.

44.   But Blankenship predicts that changes are ahead, favoring older workers in the job market.

45.   But not all companies offer such transition plans, which can cause resentment among older workers.

46.   But in the private sector, it is being promoted as a way to keep valued older workers in a tight labor market.

47.   But Scalia asked whether Congress had the right to ban discrimination of older workers, who are not protected under the Constitution.

48.   But the growing disaffection of older urban workers, too, is a major preoccupation and the government has had only limited success in building new social safety nets.

49.   But the study also recommended that older workers change their behavior if they want to be treated with more equity in the workplace.

50.   But then what happens to older workers, who have already paid their dues?