Word: layed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thus, while the class of '93 will lay claim to diversity in September as so many of its predecessors have, the early action pool is not where it will find...
Talk about guaranteed federal jobs. Last November only six of the 408 House members running for re-election were defeated, and three of the losers had been tarred by very serious ethics problems. Few incumbents lay awake nights worrying about the unemployment line; 88% triumphed with at least 60% of the vote, the classic definition of a safe district. The traditional levers of incumbency, augmented by the largesse of political-action committees, have created this modern version of a rotten-borough system. In the four House elections since 1980, a total of 1,740 seats were at stake, yet only...
Sophomore center Bernard Jackson keyed the Cornell attack, scoring 10 points and pulling down 15 rebounds, all off the defensive boards. After missing three easy lay-ups earlier in the game, Jackson put Cornell ahead, 70-69, with two minutes left in regulation. His short hhok shot with 80 seconds remaining in overtime again gave the Big Red a lead...
...overtime, freshman Rich Medina's two foul shots gave Cornell an early 72-70 lead. But a steal by Phillips and his subsequent lay-up tied the game. The basket made Phillips the 14th Harvard basketball player to join the 1000 point club...
...Nicaraguan people all that they deserve, at the same time we were fighting a war against U.S. aggression." With those words of justification for Nicaragua's shattered economy, President Daniel Ortega last week imposed a drastic austerity program that will slash the national budget by almost half and lay off nearly 35,000 public employees, including 10,000 army personnel and 13,000 members of the security police. The measures are aimed at stimulating production, almost at a standstill, and exports, which have been cut nearly in half by the war. The program also targets Nicaragua's towering rate...