Word: lay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...They picked on me--I had a tough day," said Sawyer, who had managed to break up just one of seven passes in his direction before the interception. "Some cornerbacks would lay down, but I just take it on the chin and keep fighting...
...timed meeting spotlighted how much the financial crisis rippling around the world is not simply an economic breakdown but a political one as well. Russia was exposed as a country with no government and no plan for recovery. The massive dislocations in country after country lay in the mismanagement or malfeasance of top political and business figures, and the difficulty the world is having in repairing the damage owes much to a set of leaders who are weak, venal or tarnished...
...Turner said. And he'd lay money on Tyson, despite Mike's Maryland adventure...
...owning as few as 10 stocks spread among several industries. Why, then, does the average stock mutual fund hold 134 companies? It's as confounding as the frenetic trading that goes on in many funds--even though the very fund managers triggering the trades preach patience to their investors. Lay the blame on pressure for short-term results, if you like. But these paradoxes seem idiotic to me and probably help explain why most funds fail to keep pace with the market. They don't practice selectivity and patience...
...barely, this time -? clear the fence and become part of legend, all the weeks of anticipation melted into joy. And what the highlight films will show us, tonight and tomorrow night and down an endless trail of nights on into history, was this: Mark McGwire hugging everyone he could lay his big meaty hands on. Players. Coaches. His son. The Maris family, nearly all at once. Mark McGwire seemed to want to share it with everyone, this piece of American history that is now his alone, and with the game televised in one hundred countries, he very nearly...