1.   Even so, the president laid the groundwork for taking action to protect the national well-being.

2.   Later, the president laid a wreath at a monument to Dr. Jose Rizal, a Philippine national hero.

3.   The Polish president laid a metal plaque paying tribute to those killed in the forest, praising them as sons of Poland.

4.   The presidents also laid wreaths at Westerplatte, a Gdansk suburb where a German warship fired the first shots of World War II.

5.   The president will lay a wreath on the grave of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey on Thursday and attend a U.K.-Hungarian business conference.

6.   The two presidents laid wreaths at the Wall of Death, where thousands of prisoners had been executed.

7.   Yeltsin would wrap Clinton in bear hugs, as if to cheer up a president laid low by impeachment.

8.   In both towns, the president laid a wreath at the graves of the slain ANC members and commiserated with the community.

9.   The two presidents then laid wreaths on the cemetery memorial as their wives looked on.