Word: lay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tactical victory in the scuffle over the gas tax, Clinton admitted he would consider repealing it. The rapid-response game is working so well for him that he can afford to concede Dole the substantive points and still come out ahead politically. Which means that even if Dole can lay out an agenda that voters might crave, it won't matter if he can't get it to the table while it's still...
...tracks. She had made an essential point; political campaigns should not be understood solely as distributions of power but also as forums for reasoned deliberation. Yet here I had tried to think out the problem from start to finish, to present a clear and simple explanation intelligible to the "lay person." Precisely because I sought to present simple and compelling advocacy for reform, I overlooked a fundamental justification based on the nature of campaigns themselves...
After the first day of competition, Harvard had yet to score a point and lay in last, tied with two other teams. However, the majority of Saturday's events were only preliminary heats, merely setting the stage for the always-exciting finals on Sunday...
...Researchers find that 95% of kids who develop ALLERGIES TO NUTS--a potentially life-threatening problem--suffer from asthma, eczema or hay fever. They warn children with any of these problems to lay off peanut butter and other nutty foods...
First of all, I would like to bring up, as has been corroborated by most media coverage, the shameful use of civilians as shields by Hezbollah. While the authors correctly lay the ultimate blame for the Lebanese casualties from the operation on Israel, Hezbollah must bear part of the moral burden. By basing itself in, and launching Katyusha rockets from, heavily populated areas, Hezbollah puts at risk the very civilians whose rights it hypocritically claims to be defending. Israel has a right to defend its northern borders, and Hezbollah's cowardly behavior places Israel in a no-win situation...