1.   State and local governments hire teachers, bus drivers, police, and firefighters.

2.   And local governments hired new workers, while employment in education and social services increased.

3.   A Mexican magazine, Cambio, reported Sunday that the Fox government is hiring three firms to perform public relations work on migration and other issues.

4.   But in the interim, when the government itself hires the private contractors, it will try hard for better performance, perhaps by looking elsewhere.

5.   Democrats strongly supported the concept that the federal government should hire and train employees to screen passengers and baggage before they board airplanes.

6.   Even so, Sharon clearly takes the case seriously, and his government has hired a Belgian lawyer to nip a possible indictment in the bud.

7.   Even if government hired outside money managers funds would be subject to political influence.

8.   Government historically has hired black workers when private companies were reluctant to hire qualified and educated minority applicants.

9.   In August Mexican police arrested a prominent Argentine businessman who the government had hired to direct a car-registration program here.

10.   It has generated so much publicity perceived as negative in St. Vincent that the government hired a public relations firm in Charleston, S.C.