11.   President Bush and House GOP leaders back a plan that would allow private contractors to hire screeners working under heightened federal supervision.

12.   Residents have landed some jobs through a federal requirement that public housing contractors hire and train residents for construction jobs, Flowers said.

13.   The Bush administration and House GOP leaders back a plan that would allow private contractors to hire screeners working under heightened federal supervision.

14.   The contractor may hire a private attorney or appear without one.

15.   The government charged that Griffin recommended that the contractors hire Simmons, who would oversee a lobbying push in support of the new tax.

16.   The main labor market is the old open-air central bus station, a virtual Babel at dawn when Israeli contractors hire day laborers.

17.   The street remained closed for five months until new money was found and a new contractor hired.

18.   Unscrupulous contractors hire workers smuggled here through networks operating in Texas, Arizona and other border states.

19.   Deputy commander navy Capt. Rex Robles said the command was investigating reports that private contractors had hired the refugees.

20.   The strike will have minimal effect on many buildings because contractors have hired temporary workers, he said.