1.  ...a lost job or promotion.

2.  ...missed promotions, lost jobs, wrecked marriages.

3.  And the true cost cannot be measured by simply calculating the deficit in terms of lost American jobs.

4.  And the very stock market that once held the keys to new wealth now may be equally responsible not just for lowered expectations, but for lost jobs.

5.  And with cities desperate to recoup lost jobs and tax revenue, developers can snag favorable terms, low capital costs and quick permit approvals.

6.  At times that year, it led the nation in the rate of lost jobs, personal bankruptcies, new welfare enrollments and bank failures.

7.  Big oil and auto companies advocate a go-slow approach, saying any move to cut emissions will lead to higher energy prices and lost jobs.

8.  A fair assessment of deregulation would have to balance those gains against the lost jobs and diminished wages of airline workers.

9.  All of these numbers add up to a lot of lost jobs, lost income and lost self-esteem.

10.  But it is the lost jobs and lost retirement savings that have put a human face on the collapse.