1.   Adamson said he has fired employees and even canceled franchise agreements because of continued discriminatory practices.

2.   Employees were fired and replaced with temporary workers.

3.   He has no sentimentality about firing unproductive employees, even those who have worked for the company for years.

4.   It suits the firm which has cut costs by firing regular employees and putting out work to people like her.

5.   He has said he will fire editorial employees without regard to seniority.

6.   Almost no industry has been spare of having to fire some employees this year.

7.   Also Friday, Attorney General John Ashcroft sent a letter to Congress asking for authority to fire employees of the immigration service who violate government policies.

8.   Analysts have said they expect Lotus employees to be fired as part of the restructuring.

9.   And firing employees a company believes are involved in a unionization attempt discourages other employees from joining a union.

10.   He also wrote that he had spoken directly to Clinton about his efforts to fire the employees.