Word: lay
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WHEN THEY HEAR TALK about heartless employers and greedy corporations, Republicans generally grumble about Democrats waging class war. At least most Republicans do. And then there's Pat Buchanan, warmonger. "Executioners" is what he calls employers like AT&T that lay off thousands of workers. "These companies are like creatures in Jurassic Park," he told TIME last week. And what will his campaign do? "Stand up for the working men and women whose jobs are threatened by unfair trade deals done for the benefit of huge corporations," he told a cheering crowd in Manchester, New Hampshire...
...proprietor of the Gossville General Store, situated just off United States Highway 202. A native of Nova Scotia, Nickerson moved his wife and two children to Epsom from Gloucester seven years ago. His son will soon graduate high school and hopes to attend Bentley College in Waltham. The Frito-Lay man, accompanied by his two daughters, walks through the door and past the sign in the window listing the fees for various hunting permits. As the guardian of the potato chip aisle attends to his business, Nickerson writes up the transaction without the assistance of a computer billing package...
...stock issues don't just happen. They are produced by a complex web of relations among a company's founders, backers and investment bankers and involve extended periods of hard work, discipline and innovation. Venture-capital firms like Kleiner Perkins first lay out money to get promising companies up and running, and then take seats on their boards. The nurturing often lasts for years. Silicon Video Corp., a San Jose, California, maker of flat-panel video displays that plans to go public in the second half of this year, has got some $15 million from venture capitalists since 1991. "They...
...stump not long ago, Forbes had this to say when asked about China: "I read that if the average Chinese ate an extra egg every three days, it would take the entire grain production of Australia to feed the chickens that would have to lay those eggs. That's a big market. We've got to access it." Fair enough--but there's clearly more in his head than eggs, and if he ever permits himself to speak without a script on a steady basis, he might get closer to the job he wants...
...bowing out refrained from endorsing a GOP candidate, he promised to work against the protectionist stance of his nemesis Buchanan, whose unexpectedly strong campaign has siphoned off a number of potential Gramm supporters.The SpoilsMANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE: As Phil Gramm left the race, the remaining candidates rushed in to lay claim to the senator's supporters -- and his fundraising machine. Pat Buchanan, who expects to benefit most from Gramm's withdrawal, reached out to Gramm's conservative base: "I have won the battle of Mr. Conservative in the Republican Party," Buchanan said while campaigning in New Hampshire. "Our campaign is wide...