61.   An additional four lawyers quit in anticipation of being laid off, said Ghita Schwarz, the president of the union representing the legal staff.

62.   Among the people laid off was Ron Edwon, a line maintenance worker and chairman of the union organizing committee.

63.   Among those laid off, emotions were mixed.

64.   Among those who were to be laid off was Luz Pallarez, who transported patients.

65.   And Apple has achieved a respectable financial performance in difficult times without laying off workers, a tactic used by most personal computer makers.

66.   An old saying defines a recession as when your neighbor is laid off.

67.   And because private contractors have not been paid by the government, those companies are laying off workers.

68.   And big companies are downsizing, laying off people who are hard-pressed to find new work with the same income levels and benefits as before.

69.   And if you do get laid off, you may be forced to make some big financial moves fairly quickly.

70.   And in this context, Cutler has developed what he describes as a procedure for laying off workers as painlessly as possible.