Word: laying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before the appearance of the "El Salvador Dissent Paper," few members of capital-based groups felt they had a real chance of changing U.S. policy, although many hoped that the murder of three American nuns and a lay missionaryworker there might push the government into reevaluating its policy. Even these hopes were dashed when--in the early evening of November 6--Ronald Reagan's presidency turned from a fear to a reality. A firm supporter of the U.S. backed junta in El Salvador, Reagan's election could only be seen--by those in favor of halting aid to Duarte...
With Dixon-directed motion offense extending the Yale defense, the fast break worked smoothly, as the sophomore guard fed Fleming, Trout, and McCabe for easy lay...
That was apparent when, with the score 28-25 in the early going, McCabe swatted away a Tim Daaleman jumper, took a pass from Calvin Dixon on the two-on-one break, and cruised on home with a graceful lay...
...succeeded in repelling the vaunted "final offensive" of the country's revolutionary left. José Napoleon Duarte, the shrewd Christian Democratic politician who heads the junta, attributed the left's setback to its failure to win popular support. Duarte offered amnesty to any guerrillas willing to lay down their arms, pledged to move forward on the junta's promises of social reforms and free elections, and toured the provinces like a glad-handing political campaigner...
...think we could have an agreement tomorrow and could be back on the air Tuesday," Taylor said. She added that, contrary to reports in yesterday's Boston Globe, "the staff is not taking a lay-down-and-die attitude...