111.   His restaurant, the Wagon Wheel, is still open, although he may have to lay off half of his staff because business is so slow.

112.   Hitters learned to lay off his forkball, especially when he fell behind in the count, then sat on his fastball and frequently launched home runs.

113.   I think Colin Montgomerie should lay off the haggis. . . .

114.   I think I lay off more bad pitches, especially the outside ones.

115.   However, union leaders agreed to the deal partly because the city pledged not to lay off transit workers, which certainly would have happened otherwise.

116.   I would be very happy if all candidates would lay off sports, unless they can demonstrate a decade or three of legitimate loyalty.

117.   If his company lost the contract, Crane said, he would be forced to lay off workers.

118.   If the U.S. imposes sanctions, labor-intensive textiles and electronics factories might be forced to lay off tens of thousands of migrant workers.

119.   If voice-recognition software is ever ready for prime time, Verizon will surely prefer to lay off thousands of operators.

120.   If a keiretsu member gets into such serious trouble that it has to lay off people, the other keiretsu companies will provide jobs for them.