51.   And on Tuesday the Senate approved civil service changes that loosen job protections that public workers have long had.

52.   And so airline workers have, admirably and under tough conditions, considering the apprehensions over security, not to mention the thundering march of recent layoff announcements.

53.   And under one plan workers would have to return their accounts to the government when they retire and then receive a fixed monthly sum back.

54.   And the workers had tremendous experience and a surprising amount of technological expertise and ideas.

55.   And some older workers may not have the skills in the newer programming languages that are in such great demand.

56.   And there are no bins of spare parts through which workers have to dig.

57.   And thanks to the Information Age, nearly all workers have to write for their jobs these days, making this towering pile of verbiage even taller.

58.   And workers will have the right to demand that a second sample of their specimen be tested at a laboratory different from the first.

59.   And, because of the law, he said, INS workers have to scramble to find places to house the detainees.

60.   And will private workers have access to CIA, FBI and INS information networks?