Word: laid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...part of what international law scholars agree will be an extraordinarily complicated legal battle. Marcos' attorneys have counted 15 lawsuits in the U.S., most of them the result of a full-court press by Manila. In addition to the New York properties, the government of Corazon Aquino has laid claim to two residences in New Jersey and $50 million in Texas real estate. The Central Bank of the Philippines has sued to recover the crates of gold and $1.5 million in freshly minted pesos that Marcos took with him to Hawaii in February. In what is potentially the most lucrative...
Most of the play's sins, in the characters or on the set, must be laid at the feet of the director, as usual. The storyline in You Never Can Tell will amuse you, but be prepared to endure some hefty conceptual gaffes...
...School degree candidate Cynthia M. Baker, said she was assaulted in a non-violent manner, but it was "definitely offensive." She said that she was standing in a doorway of Andover Hall when an unidentified man laid down on the ground, and without speaking, started to crawl under her skirt. Baker immediately began "yelling and brandishing an office coffeepot...
...landing on what looked like a tiny round tray suspended over an endless expanse of water, the big-city food critic was more than ready for a restorative meal. What she was not ready for was the dazzling variety of Cajun and Southern specialties, impeccably garnished and laid out cafeteria-style in a cheerful yellow-and-spring-green dining room. That bright lime green is the Keydril trademark. The company rigs are painted in that color to give them a clean look from shore and thus not offend environmentalists. Lime green is also the shade for uniforms that all personnel...
...rural cemetery outside the southern city of Kwangju, a chilly drizzle fell on the 100 identical gray tombstones. As a pair of women sobbed quietly, Kim Young Sam and Lee Min Woo, two of South Korea's foremost opposition leaders, entered the cemetery and solemnly laid a wreath beside the graves. The women's keening rose in a crescendo. For a moment, the visitors stood together in silence, recalling the hundreds killed by government troops in Kwangju after a student uprising six years...