21.   Pay should be climbing faster and faster as the unemployment rate falls and companies raise wages to lure new workers or to retain the ones they have.

22.   So to try to lure workers, managers are coming up with novel incentives like theater tickets, signing bonuses and even retirement plans.

23.   Some investors also fret that employers luring scarce workers with higher wages may pass those costs on to consumers.

24.   Some schools have increased advertising budgets and stepped up their own recruiting to compete with companies trying to lure skilled workers in a tight labor market.

25.   So wages should be climbing faster and faster as the unemployment rate falls and companies raise pay to lure new workers or to retain the ones they have.

26.   Some economists fret that employers luring scarce workers with higher wages may pass those costs on to consumers.

27.   Some investors fret that employers luring scarce workers with higher wages may pass those costs on to consumers in the form of higher prices.

28.   Some recruiters routinely scan for news of troubled dot-coms, in hopes they can lure away workers.

29.   Stocks slumped with bonds after Greenspan said unemployment is so low that inflation could accelerate as employers boost wages to lure workers.

30.   Stocks, led by General Electric Co. and Exxon Corp., dropped with bonds after Greenspan said inflation could accelerate as employers boost wages to lure workers.