51.   Both candidates ruled out raising the retirement age.

52.   A federal district court in New York said the retirement board was probably wrong to provide full pension benefits to someone who left the company before reaching retirement age.

53.   A generation ago, superintendents stayed with a school system until retirement age.

54.   A manager close to retirement age expressed some sorrow that no buyouts had been offered to his marketing unit.

55.   A survey of retirement ages by the U.N. Population Division shows the lowest ages in the poorest countries, mostly African, but also several in South Asia.

56.   Additionally, Austin has a large number of African American teachers nearing retirement age.

57.   Advocates of private accounts also say they are preferable to other painful solutions such as a higher retirement age or lower benefits.

58.   All three proposals would trim regular Social Security benefits slightly, and raise the retirement age.

59.   Already, retirement age for baby boomers has been pushed back.

60.   All three proposals would trim regular Social Security benefits slightly and raise the retirement age.