Word: lay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reasons why the Republicans have ignored Social Security are solely political. When so many elderly Americans voted Republican, the G.O.P. knew where its support lay. The AARP's legendary lobbying power is also preventing Congress from providing for the future as well as the present. But the Republicans have not caved in entirely; they still plan some Medicare cuts, though it's unclear how much the voting elderly will be hurt...
Mookhiruntara, who has owned the restaurant for 10 years, says his business has steadily been declining and, as a result, he has had to lay off about one-fifth of his staff...
...Chechen troops recapturing Grozny's train station and nearly wiping out recent Russian gains. A ceasefire that was supposed to take hold Wednesday at midnight seemed destined to be ignored. Russian President Boris Yeltsin ruled out talks with Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev, and Chechen leaders said they would never lay down their arms...
...biblical injunction that a man must lose himself to find himself. In Hardy's case, anything and everything had to be lost before its value could be found. He was a man for whom happiness was always just around the corner -- the corner he'd last turned. It lay forever behind him, and there was no way back...
...Elegantly and appealingly, he surveys the current state of knowledge about the solar system, nearby stars, distant galaxies and even the very edge of the universe. As he describes each heavenly body or cosmic phenomenon, the author imparts a healthy dose of science, making it palatable to the lay reader by using jargon-free English buoyed by emotion and humor...