Word: laying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...NIGHT NEARLY two years ago, three American nuns and a lay worker were making their way toward Zacatecoluca, 45 miles southeast of San Salvador, when five Salvadoran national guardsmen stopped and questioned them. Later, the soldiers claimed the women had tried to avoid a roadblock. No one will ever know the Americans' side of the story: they were raped, murdered and buried...
From his post in England, where he participated in a satellite project. Hoffman was invited in 1975 to work in MIT's Center for Space Research. As MIT scientist Walter Lewin recalls. Hoffman's work there with two astronomical satellites helped lay the groundwork for an important new theory on the source of X- rays in space...
...Magaña to name a peace commission that would be instructed to look for a way to include leftists in the presidential and municipal elections scheduled to take place by the end of March 1984. The main condition: that the guerrillas wishing to re-enter the political process lay down their arms...
...Wednesday the swarm of El Al workers at the airport had swelled to 1,000, most of whom brought along their wives and children. The families lay down on the runways in an effort to stop the flights of other airlines. When El Al pilots parked two Boeing 747s and one 707 on the main runway, the airport was forced to shut down for nearly 24 hours. Because there were women and children among the protesters, the government ordered the police to go easy. Only seven workers were arrested, but six demonstrators and eight policemen were injured in scuffles...
...main issue in the conflict is management's demand for more control over airline operations. As things now stand, the eight employee unions have the power to veto most policy decisions. Airline officials would like, for example, to be able to lay off workers without union approval. Having lost $202 million since 1978, management argues that 1,000 of El Al's 5,000 employees must be dismissed for the carrier to be profitable...