Word: laid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...half years, the city government, police department and citizens groups laid the groundwork for community policing by "establishing liaisons," instituting small programs, and "organizing local outreaches," says CPD Lt. Steven Williams, Cambridge's community policing coordinator...
...just made the tax issue a lot more difficult for Republicans," Tumulty says. Not to mention lining up a nice legacy-builder for his last years in office. But all this political jockeying depends on one thing remaining constant: revenue. If the economy slows down this year, the best-laid plans of fiscal 1999 will go right out the window...
...Harvard's next possession, junior forward Sarah Russell hit Feaster with a gorgeous feed which the All-American laid up and in, cutting Dartmouth's advantage to two points. Half's a minute later Feaster drew a foul with a strong move in the paint, and she converted both free throws to knot the score...
Netscape officials, who predicted that the company would be profitable next year, said some facilities would be closed and an undisclosed number of workers would be laid off. But Wall Street, stung by estimates that the company would put up a solid 14-cents-per-share gain, was not amused, and Netscape stock sank to $18 5/16 in early afternoon trading. Company stock has lost over half its value since early October on fears that it will be the big loser in its browser war with Microsoft. With Microsoft's Internet Explorer gaining popularity, the investors just might be right...
...another self-destructive SNL comic, Aykroyd's friend John Belushi, who died of a cocaine-and-heroin overdose in 1982, also at 33. Aykroyd says, "When I saw him in bad shape, I brought up John and River [Phoenix]." Meeting Farley in Toronto last summer, Aykroyd says, "I laid into him about what kind of pills and powders show up at nightclubs that are lethal. I said it many times to him: he was playing with death if he did this, and look who went before him." But, says Aykroyd, "I can't buy that he wanted to emulate Belushi...