Word: laid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other hand, when Dole tries to find the sensible center, he has made a hash of it too. Campaign manager Reed and Dole actually had a careful strategy all laid out when they tried to soften the G.O.P.'s hard-line abortion stance. But a series of leaks and rebukes prompted Dole to dilute his own effort. Likewise a small tantrum by Gingrich was enough to stop Dole from moving toward the center on the assault-weapons ban. His repeated reversals left all sides suspicious of both his convictions and his judgment...
Abutting the Pacific Ocean, California has long been known for its "laid-back" beach image and culture. Cruise along the Pacific Coast Highway for breathtakingly beautiful views. And all this is free, except for the occasional tank of gas and minimal parking fee. Parking at most state beaches is a mere $3, but you can park for free if you're willing to walk a block or two. Have a bonfire, roast marshmallows, make S'mores, but according to new rules (at least in Orange County), fires must be out by 10 or 11 p.m. Beaches abound with college...
Salvatore Mazzola, 36, the construction worker, was homesick. For the past two months, he had lived with an uncle who owned a pizzeria in Brooklyn. Laid off in March, he had disliked being idle back in Palermo, Sicily, but now he had had enough of America. He missed his wife Angela, 26, and their sons Giuseppe, 7, and Giorgio, 19 months. On Wednesday morning, he called Angela to ask for Giuseppe's shoe size and to tell her to expect him soon. He couldn't get on a direct flight to Italy, however...
...German club and a Spanish club, and an environmental-science club scheduled to fly to Honduras to study the rain forest. The trips are not paid for by the school. Somehow the town parents have consistently bought enough bake-sale cookies, patronized enough car washes or simply laid out enough cash to buy Montoursville's kids a small slice of the wider world...
...town) to talk, dance and quaff wine and beer (both of which are cheaper than Coca-Cola). There is no real need for cars to get anywhere; in any case, the people are friendly and will actually talk to you in the street. Leon is a city that is laid-back, sociable and always feliz--though hardly ever drunk or violent. The contrast to the United States is always intense and usually bewildering...