31.   Histadrut led the strike over concern that planned state-asset sales and an overhaul of the economy will cost jobs.

32.   I believe the weight of the evidence is that a modest increase does not cost jobs and may even lure people back into the job market.

33.   Instead, she said, Hayworth is trying to curb environmental excesses in federal laws that are costing jobs and hurting the economy.

34.   It is unclear whether they are costing any American jobs at all.

35.   It was a victory for President Clinton and environmentalists and a setback for the timber industry, which had argued that excessive regulation has cost jobs.

36.   It was not immediately clear whether the move would cost more jobs.

37.   It not only costs American jobs, but it also tilts the balance of trade to astronomical numbers.

38.   Its salvation, they say, has held up development, cost jobs, and swamped them with debt.

39.   Labor groups have argued that free trade pacts often cost American jobs as corporations seek to take advantage of low wages in developing nations.