21.   The tenure bind is made worse by the federal law banning mandatory retirement ages.

22.   There was a rotation system in place with unspoken mandatory retirement laws, and no one had tenure as studios replenished aging idols with fresh new faces.

23.   Unlike some of his colleagues, Batouty had apparently not made plans for a new career after his mandatory retirement.

24.   Assad again extends mandatory retirement age for defense minister,

25.   He is due to reach the mandatory retirement age in September.

26.   LaVecchia was nominated to replace Justice Marie Garibaldi, who last month decided to step down four years before her own mandatory retirement.

27.   Rumsfeld believes some individuals are being forced to leave due to mandatory retirements when they are in their prime, Chu said.

28.   The company does not have a mandatory retirement age.

29.   The bishops who assembled from around the world for a monthlong meeting with Pope John Paul II tackled issues ranging from terrorism to their mandatory retirement age.

30.   Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has dismissed three of his cabinet ministers who have reached the mandatory retirement age, Radio Baghdad said Saturday.