81.   Ever wonder why the City Council caves in so often on municipal pay raises and pension bennies?

82.   Every time Congress wants a pay raise, somebody argues that a hefty income is necessary to keep attracting the best-quality candidates.

83.   Everybody gets an instant, gargantuan pay raise.

84.   Even the teachers, though calling as usual for huge pay raises, are being less belligerent.

85.   Few members understood that the pay raise was what they were voting on, and the spending bill, sans COLA block, passed.

86.   Even though the Clinton-Gore administration adopted a big military pay raise last year, Bush II vows to trump that with another right off the bat.

87.   Eventually, Lawler moved halfway north, to Laguna Nigel, after the team gave him a pay raise to work regularly.

88.   First, the walkout had gotten him a nice pay raise and more benefits.

89.   Following the supposed incident, Jones received regular pay raises.

90.   Few issues are as thorny, and this year in particular the question of a pay raise is twisting the lawmakers into political contortions.