Word: lay
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...agreed to start the Citizen only because he was led to believe that Vorster had personally selected him for the job At one stage in the press inquiry into the scandal, a crusading editor received a message that allegedly came from the former Prime Minister himself. "Tell him to lay off," the word was passed, "or he'll have to deal with...
Inside the underground room, the diggers found a wheeled bronze couch adorned with geometric patterns and supported by eight figurines, each 30 cm (12 in.) high, in positions of adoration. On the couch lay the skeleton of a powerful man, nearly 2 meters (about 6 ft.) tall and between 30 and 40 years of age, obviously a chief. Encircling his neck was a gold-covered wooden band that was probably a symbol of royalty. At his feet was a heavy bronze kettle more than a meter in diameter, decorated with three lions. Imported from Greece, the kettle had apparently been...
...little to allay the doubts. Explained Dr. Jay Gold, of the University of Illinois medical school and chairman of the foundation's medical advisory board: "The advisory committee felt it would be premature to present an award before publication of the information to substantiate claims made in the lay press...
...week's end, when word of the controversy reached Steptoe, who was traveling in Australia, he was "offended and surprised." Edwards was more combative. Said he: "We will lay our results before the medical and scientific communities for critical and open scrutiny as soon as it is possible, having regard to the requirements of scientific research in medical affairs. Any suggestions to the contrary, and any questioning of our good faith and competence are deeply resented and, I am advised, actionable...
Master Stone Carver Tom Murphy was born in 1904, the year King Edward VII visited the booming port city of Liverpool to lay the foundation stone of a great new Anglican cathedral. As Murphy grew up, so did the cathedral, with stone upon hand-dressed stone rising on a rocky eminence overlooking the Mersey River. Then, 44 years ago, Murphy himself joined the work force on the vast new church. In the decades since, with hammer, chisel and mallet, he has carved more than 100 heraldic shields, ornaments, pinnacles and corbels to decorate the cathedral inside and out; his last...