Word: laying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Larry Bird stole an inbounds pass and fed Dennis Johnson for the winning lay-up with one second left, giving the Boston Celtics a 108-107 victory over the Detroit Pistons last night and a 3-2 lead in their NBA Eastern Conference final...
...Replied Siskel: "You usually do enjoy yourself; it's the film I didn't like." Or here is Ebert trying to convince Siskel that Alan Parker's thriller Angel Heart is not too slow moving: "You want television . . . let's hurry and tell the story." Siskel: "Don't lay that on me . . . you know I don't want television any more than you do." Ebert: "In that case, I'm sorry you have to be on this show...
...play widely varying roles in a conspiracy can be judged equally guilty, and only one defendant need be shown to have committed "any act to effect the object of the conspiracy." Thus the prosecutor does not have to focus on the narrow specifics of allegedly illegal acts; he can lay a long, complex story before the jury in its entirety. He can use the testimony of minor conspirators to convict more important figures; Channell and Miller have already named Oliver North as their co-conspirator. And in conspiracy cases a jury can weigh hearsay evidence...
...this optimistic solution does no more than lay bare the marrow of the problem, namely, the nature of people's wants. If Americans wish to strike a truer ethical balance, they may need to re-examine the values that society so seductively parades before them: a top job, political power, sexual allure, a penthouse or lakefront spread, a killing on the market. The real challenge would then become a redefinition of wants so that they serve society as well as self, defining a single ethic that guides means while it also achieves rightful ends...
Though P&G apparently has a large lead in the race to market a fat substitute in the U.S., scientists for several rival companies are working on similar substances. Among the possible competitors: the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo (maker of Lay's potato chips and Fritos corn chips), CPC International (Mazola corn oil and Hellmann's mayonnaise) and the Lever Brothers subsidiary of Unilever (Imperial margarine and Mrs. Butterworth's syrup and pancake mixes...