It is not always easy to bring a beautiful girl to the market of Ar, where the highest prices are traditionally paid.

With the backing of insurance companies, they post bonds, for which customers have traditionally paid one-tenth the face amount.

Many managed-care plans have traditionally paid their doctors and hospitals for each service they provided, but at lower fees than individuals would pay.

Bankers' bonuses are traditionally paid or awarded to some workers in the finance industry at the end of the bank's financial year.

His doubts are partly because some of those contributions have traditionally paid for get-out-the-vote drives.

What is more, many are reluctant to move to new jobs because arms plants have traditionally paid 10 percent more than other factories.

But French-speaking participants have traditionally paid little heed to those groups' decisions.

These traditionally paid protection money to larger groups.

"Child care is something families have not traditionally paid for," Ms. Whitebook said.

In the United States, the problems are with pensions and health care costs, both of them traditionally paid by employers.