61.   But the price tag for a far more skilled labor force would be substantial.

62.   By sector, job losses were greatest in agriculture and construction, while labor forces grew in retail, telecommunications and other services.

63.   Cities with a baby sitter or nanny labor force tend to lack even the fragile, faint day-care networks that exist in other parts of the country.

64.   Communism had many faults but it did at least ensure that Russia, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have literate, skilled and urban labor forces.

65.   Confronted with still-weak demand and intense price competition, manufacturers in particular are cutting their labor forces to lower costs and become more efficient.

66.   College graduates who stay in Massachusetts help swell the labor force with highly skilled workers.

67.   Currency exchange controls, trade barriers and a costly and militant labor force are hindrances.

68.   Currency exchange controls, trade barriers and a costly and militant labor force are seen as the chief obstacles.

69.   Demsey Herring, the county adminstrator, agrees, saying the county can attract industry only if there is a skilled and ready labor force.

70.   Economic liberals say immigrants refresh the labor force, boost competitiveness and help provide the taxes to sustain middle-class entitlements.