If the safe cracker would need some sort of special compensation to cooperate, it would help one find that as well.

In United States, however, an employee may have to sign over the rights to an invention without any special compensation.

But government officials said that it had no plan to immediately unveil special compensation to former comfort women.

Social Security, as designed in the 1930's, provides special compensations for couples who devote themselves to rearing children during their active years.

Pirates injured in battle thus might be afforded special compensation similar to medical or disability insurance.

"For instance, you can get special monthly compensation in some cases," he said.

The families would ordinarily be eligible for death benefits available to any service member killed on duty, but not to any special compensation.

He said he would not receive any consulting fees or other special compensation.

However, the concept was very different from the "special compensation" under the existing convention.

The remaining 385 retired early and got special compensation on top of their retirement payments.