81.   --Get managers to rethink age myths such as Gen Xers are disloyal slackers, older workers cannot keep up with technology, young people are impatient.

82.   Have other older workers also been demoted or penalized?

83.   Having a staff of predominantly older workers has its ups and downs, Hartman acknowledged.

84.   He found that older workers in good physical shape performed better at tasks than younger colleagues carrying a bit too much poundage or otherwise not in peak condition.

85.   He also made a mark by initiating special efforts to hire older workers, people with disabilities and the homeless.

86.   He is organizing a conference in Washington in June on the importance of older workers in meeting employment needs.

87.   He also wants to let older workers, and maybe all the long-term jobless, give up protection against dismissal in order to make themselves more attractive to hire.

88.   He tells older workers who have been laid off to get over the stigma and get out of the house.

89.   Here and there, American businesses have begun to discover the value of hiring or retraining older workers.

90.   High-tech industry officials deny any bias against older workers.