11.   But high-end businesses are apparently having little difficulty recruiting, despite high living costs.

12.   But living costs are lower in Mississippi.

13.   But living costs were higher than most economists had expected.

14.   But union officials say it is only fair for the salaries to be higher here because living costs are so high.

15.   Calhoun said CPS officials assume the grandparents knew about the situation and said she has intervened in the past by helping with living costs.

16.   Elected officials and child advocates across the country, cited low wages and high living costs as primary factors in the persistence of child poverty.

17.   Everyone talks about the problems of doing business in the Bay Area, including highway gridlock, a serious housing shortage,astronomical living costs and so-so public schools.

18.   FAA officials say the Ronkonkoma center is the most difficult air traffic office to staff because living costs in the area are high and the work is hectic.

19.   For those senior bankers, base salary amounts to a fraction of their total pay, but it is what they use to cover their monthly living costs.

20.   Frey noted that because of congestion and living costs, particularly on the West Coast, Californians are moving elsewhere.