Word: laying
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...money gusher may be running dry. The drop in the price of oil to less than $15 per bbl. could mean a loss of $750,000 in revenue for the school district this year. To curb spending, the school board has decided to hold raises to 5% and may lay off some teachers, janitors, groundskeepers and cafeteria workers...
They came close enough, though, and for a long time one of the seminal forces in all of rock lay dormant. The Everly Brothers, who matched the lofting harmonies of mountain music to the uptown soul of rhythm and blues, sang with a single heart. Their hits -- like Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, Bird Dog -- were history everyone could hum. But rock changed when the British hit in the early '60s, and the Everlys had a tough time hanging on, to their success and each other. "Rock 'n' roll was an American invention," Phil says...
Meanwhile, Fusco lay with his face...
...which caused more than 1,200 civilian deaths in 1985. If the guerrillas would disavow violence, she declared, she would offer them amnesty. Said Laurel: "Given a credible government, a democratic moral order and a general amnesty, 90% of the people who are now fighting in the hills would lay down their arms and come home." In Washington, some Philippine experts dismissed such talk as naive. "Their plan seems unrealistic," said Larry Niksch, director of Asian affairs at the Congressional Research Service. "It will take the government a long, determined and very sophisticated effort to deal with the insurgency." Added...
...armed services. It was the first step in a military reform program long urged by the U.S. The Reagan Administration was delighted with Aquino's choice for Chief of Staff. "When you talk to Ramos about the problems of the Philippines," said a senior Pentagon official, "he can lay...