41.   Czechs were happy because unemployment did not rise, but that was a clue that privatization was not producing competitive companies.

42.   Conventional wisdom has it that a slowdown eases a tight labor market as unemployment rises and more people look for work.

43.   Corporate earnings are plummeting, unemployment is rising, consumer confidence is shaky, the country is at a war footing at home and abroad.

44.   Economists expect unemployment here to rise slightly.

45.   Even if the recession has ended, as Greenspan suggested, unemployment could rise for months if job growth fails to match normal growth in the labor market.

46.   Even with the improving picture, economists expect unemployment to rise as businesses continue to cut costs or delay hiring.

47.   Even if unemployment rises this summer, weakening consumer spending, the interest-rate cuts and tax rebates will keep the economy from recession, the optimists believe.

48.   Figures published today show industrial production barely increased in January and unemployment rose in February.

49.   For a decade and a half, under both socialists and conservatives, French unemployment has steadily risen.

50.   German unemployment rose to a postwar high in September, the government said, with economic recovery failing to provide relief to an ailing job market.