41.   Since salary levels at the top were capped by the government, compensation at all levels was held down.

42.   Stern said such a venture would be modeled after the WNBA -- with the league owning all franchises, setting salary levels and centralizing business operations.

43.   Their salary level was not immediately known.

44.   Bohl also said there had to be greater differentials in salary levels according to region and sector.

45.   But a study by Berkeley Business School professor Graef Crystal showed there was little or no link between salary levels and the performance of a particular company executive.

46.   Until now deputies have voted their salary level every year.

47.   William Dickens, an economist with the Brookings Institution here, noted that worker insecurity is closely tied to widening gaps in salary levels.

48.   It accused the Lebanese government of making the fight against inflation its top priority -- through holding down salary levels.

49.   Jordan said something similar about Chicago coach Phil Jackson and he was given a one-year contract, shorter than he sought but near his desired salary level.

50.   Players, hopeful of keeping the current record salary levels, put any blame for a strike on the owners.