And most management experts agree that some chief executives deserve astronomical pay, especially if they start a company or save one.

Women have the right to be free from discrimination, and, in the workplace, deserve equal pay and economic opportunities.

Women and men who provide these services deserve decent pay and decent conditions.

He said they did not deserve across-the-board pay raises, but increases based on merit.

Now, with the company's earnings soaring because of an economic expansion, union workers say they deserve higher pay.

Governor Pataki reiterated that he did not think state legislators deserved higher pay, but left open the possibility of a deal.

The union argues that officers deserve higher pay for often dangerous work, and the city says it cannot afford large increases.

Mr. Jackson said teachers working with the most deprived and disadvantaged children deserved more pay.

"Yes, you deserve more pay, but don't demand it; you might lose your job."

That means the magician's job is bigger and deserves more pay.