Word: layoff
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...next day, against Frenchman Henri Leconte, 19, Borg went down 4-6, 7-5, 7-6. Still, his sights are set differently now. "I know exactly what I want to do," said Borg of a newfound love of relaxation that developed during his half-year layoff in 1982. "I'm not going to play any more tennis. There's no more pressure. It's over." Over perhaps, but certainly never forgotten...
...union, with 50% of its 260,000 active steelworker members at the big companies on layoff, seemed to have little choice but to give up something or face even more job losses in an increasingly hostile employment picture. The Labor Department reported last week that the civilian jobless rate in February stayed at the high January level of 10.4% of the work force...
Nonetheless, Polaroid insists that it has few regrets. Says a spokesman: "We may have lost some good people, but we eliminated the need for a major layoff." More and more managers seem to agree that it is easier to let employees jump through open windows than to try shoving them out the door...
Instead, it took a lot of work. The three-year layoff hurt his physical and mental command of hockey far more than Wheeler realized at first. "In June I found I had lost my instincts, quickness, and tendency to make the right play on the ice," Wheeler recalls...
...slowly starting to put everything together," Dooley said. "Our passing and our team play are really starting to come together after the long layoff," added the Crimson coach, whose squad (7-5) has now recorded three shutouts...