41.   In January, Ngo and his wife were laid off from their jobs.

42.   In the Massachusetts Senate race, a Kennedy spot features blue-collar workers who said they were laid off from a company owned by his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney.

43.   Its embryonic welfare system offers no health care or jobless benefits for people like those laid off from Meite.

44.   Laid off from his aerospace job, her father no longer can supply the comfortable lifestyle she has grown up with.

45.   Judy Cook said her husband took the job five years ago after being laid off from the aerospace industry.

46.   Last month, Lossos was laid off from a part-time programming job at a local Internet retailing firm.

47.   Last year, she was laid off from her job as a family advocate in a Head Start program.

48.   Lambert is on leave from the Diocese of Metuchen, N.J., and was recently laid off from his job as an orthopedic supplies salesman.

49.   Last November, Ms. Lai and Ms. Chung were laid off from their jobs stitching bras at the Goddess lingerie factory in Watertown, Mass.

50.   Lorraine Cheu, recently laid off from Spotlife, a San Mateo, Calif. tech company, in her home during an interview last Saturday.