Word: laid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trying to get a job,shoving other people out of the way to get the jobfirst, baldly lying to prospective employers abouttheir interests, experience and personal hygiene.When I see all those morons dashing around fromlittle consulting prep session to littleconsulting prep session, it looks like they'retrying to get laid, or something. The last thingI'd imagine these people are after is somethingthat will make them miserable as soon as they'vegot it: gainful employment. You spend a yeartrying to get a job, and then another year cursingit every, day as you stumble to the office,suddenly rethinking your attitude...
...Similarly, she argues, extreme traumas can be more deeply buried than other memories. "This may seem counter-intuitive to the lay person, who thinks 'If something terrible happens, I will always remember it,' " says Dr. Judith Herman, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School. "But these memories seem to be laid down in an altered state of consciousness...
...Maestro" is essentially the story of Gaxiola's talent and energy for self-transformation. The film is pleasantly laid back right from the start, following Gaxiola during the early days in Berkeley when he toted a hand-painted sign proclaiming "Cafe Guerbois," from hangout to hangout. Gaxiola describes his decision to take on the persona of a cowboy simply, saying it was his fantasy and "If you want to do anything passionately enough...
...reports that a young couple has paid $401,000 for the house that belonged to convicted CIA spyAldrich Amesand his wife Rosaria -- a steal since the Ames couple had laid down $540,000 in cash six years ago. The upscale North Arlington, Va., house had been on the block for a year and had been shown to more than 500 prospective buyers before it was finally sold...
...conforms with the 20 hours a week of community service incorporated in the "workfare" concept that Mass. Gov. William Weld, House SpeakerNewt Gingrich and other Republicans have embraced. But in cash-strapped Lawrence, a labor union successfully challenged the arrangement, charging that the welfare conscripts are taking jobs from laid-off union members. "It's not going to blow workfare out of the water," says Allis, "but states may not have the freedom to determine what 'workfare...