1.   And although some states are seeking to raise teacher pay, the average beginning salary remains well below that for fields like business and computers.

2.   And at the insistence of security-screening companies, a number of carriers have raised pay for airport screeners.

3.   And employers now raise pay for highly skilled workers in short supply without raising wage scales for all their employees.

4.   And one-time signing bonuses lure workers without obliging an employer to raise the pay of comparable workers already on the payroll.

5.   And when word comes of a big pay package for some newly hired executive, pressure builds to raise the pay of other corporate chieftains.

6.   Assisted Living Concepts says that in the last year it has beefed up staffing, added nurse consultants and raised pay.

7.   Border patrol agents are paid less than drug enforcement officials, but the administration has the authority to raise pay and has not done so.

8.   A second approach is to raise teacher pay to attract more qualified college graduates to the profession.

9.   A year or so ago, CBS nearly let Rather go to CNN, before raising his pay and re-signing him.

10.   Advocates of comparable worth legislation, which is at a standstill in Congress, say wage guidelines are needed to raise pay in women-dominated fields.