21.   Also feeling the heat are independent pharmacies that pay high wages for relief staff.

22.   And he pledged state aid for Malden Mills, a firm that pays relatively high wages to recent immigrants and longtime Lawrence-area residents alike.

23.   And many of these people will be politically active, hard-to-ignore professionals who have traditionally enjoyed high wages and good benefits.

24.   At one time, he says construction paid high wages.

25.   Because of high wages and rigid work rules, he said, German companies have over-invested in automation and hired a minimum number of skilled workers at high wages.

26.   Because of the high wages at home in South Korea, Daewoo has begun moving its consumer electronics manufacturing to lower-wage nations in Asia and Latin America.

27.   Bay Area Rapid Transit employees who walked off their jobs Sunday may find there is not a lot of sympathy for their strike to get high wages.

28.   - Boost the fortunes of some smaller domestic companies, as well as those big corporations that already meet high wage and environmental standards.

29.   But economists warn that the high wage levels will make German industry less competitive and that companies need to reduce the overall cost of employment.

30.   But in a world economy, says Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School, high wages have to be earned.