Word: layed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SUNDAY'S New York Times editorial, "The Cold War is Over," rightly suggests that "Soviet-American relations are entering a new era." Regrettably, the piece did little to explain what lay behind the current shift in East-West relations or what lies ahead for the two superpowers...
They hope to persuade the University to make a statement on the incident and to lay down new police guidelines, Williams said. Hernandez-Gravelle will speak to the crowd about recourse for those who believe they have been harrassed, students said...
...from underneath. Just before the vehicle burst into flames, Mrs. Rogers jumped out, shaken but unharmed. The van was gutted by the blast. Shards of metal had pierced its roof, barely missing her head. The significance of the bomb, which may have been triggered by remote control, almost certainly lay with Captain Rogers. He is commander of the U.S.S. Vincennes, the guided-missile cruiser that shot down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf last July 3, killing all 290 people aboard. Rogers gave the order to fire missiles at the plane in the mistaken belief that...
...greater challenges lay ahead. How could a particular gene be assigned to any of the nonsex chromosomes? Scientists cleverly tackled that problem by fusing human cells with mouse cells, then growing hybrid mouse-human cells in the laboratory. As the hybrid cells divided again and again, they gradually shed their human chromosomes until only one -- or simply a fragment of one -- was left in the nucleus of each cell...
...F.M.L.N.'s military aggressiveness contrasts sharply with the peaceful image the rebels have projected in recent weeks. F.M.L.N. leaders surprised American and Salvadoran officials in January with a dramatic offer to lay down their weapons and participate in national elections. In exchange, the rebels wanted the March presidential vote postponed for six months. That offer set off a flurry of counterproposals and talks between the F.M.L.N. and political- party representatives. State Department officials, who quietly met with a rebel spokesman to discuss the initiative, were so intrigued that they encouraged the Salvadoran government to negotiate with the guerrillas...