71.   Taxes and benefits are the main reasons employers say they are not creating jobs in Europe and especially in France.

72.   The employers all said the welfare recipients had made excellent employees.

73.   The employers said they wanted to locate in an area that could attract educated workers who were as interested in quality of life as a paycheck.

74.   The phenomenon has emerged over the last few years, employers say, as Internet start-up companies have proliferated and established software and hardware companies have grown.

75.   The real burden of a minimum wage increase is the resulting need to raise salaries up the line, too, employers say.

76.   The shortage is not just about sheer numbers of nurses, employers say.

77.   The youngsters are sometimes paid in cash, though their employers will not say how much.

78.   Unscheduled absences are difficult to cover, employers say.

79.   West Africans are industrious workers, employers say, and they rarely take up resort offers of free season ski passes.

80.   Weyer, described as stout and jovial, was married and had at least two children, his employer said.