31.   Rodriguez said employees over the years have come to view the bonus as a way to make up for the low salaries most civil servants earn.

32.   Russia is among the most difficult assignments for volunteers, with bad food, low salaries, local mistrust and no tropical beach at the end of the day.

33.   Several employers reported they use a low starting salary to be able to offer a series of quick raises to employees who consistently show up for work.

34.   Similarly, low salaries that prevent many civil servants from having enough for their own retirement tempt others to skim money for themselves, said one senior anti-graft investigator.

35.   Some say the requirement is unrealistic given the low salaries and poor working conditions teachers face at many public schools.

36.   Teams in small cities generate little revenue, pay low salaries and watch their players exit for New York and Atlanta.

37.   That may mean newcomers have to accept low starting salaries, particularly at small, highly competitive research firms.

38.   That suggestion has drawn sharp criticism from Venezuelan doctors, who complain of low salaries and lack of government investment in hospitals, clinics and medical training programs.

39.   The ABA refused, for example, to accredit law schools that earned profit, paid low salaries or failed to provide paid leaves for faculty.

40.   The education system is being corroded by low salaries and corruption.