21.   But he said he regretted the broadcasts and had fired the employees responsible for them.

22.   But in business, firing an employee often requires extensive documentation and carries the threat of a wrongful termination suit.

23.   But Neil Bernstein, who teaches labor law at Washington University in St. Louis, said that such employees could be fired under the National Labor Relations Act.

24.   But sooner or later, every small-business operator has to fire an employee.

25.   But the Supreme Court has held that a government agency violates the First Amendment when it fires employees on a political basis.

26.   Consolidating banks can make higher profits by firing employees and eliminating duplicated costs.

27.   Either of the mergers on the table would cut costs by closing competing offices and firing employees.

28.   Employers may have the right to fire new employees without cause.

29.   Enough jobs are being created that most fired employees can find new positions and keep their anger at a low boil.

30.   Even before a Lab employee was fired last week on suspicion of selling nuclear secrets to the Chinese, Grothus had decided that the entire operation was ugly.