21.   Gerkin hopes to hire experienced staff members who have been laid off from the downsized state mental health department.

22.   He came to BellSouth less than a year ago after being laid off from telecom equipment maker Lucent, which had an operation in Norcross, Ga.

23.   He had been laid off from his job, Cowboy Luna whispered.

24.   He has been laid off from work.

25.   He also said workers who have been laid off from Boeing still have call-back priority over the pre-employment assessment candidates.

26.   He has recently been laid off from his job and worries about money.

27.   He said some workers have been laid off from jobs, and he expects more layoffs to come.

28.   He got laid off from his job, his wife left him.

29.   He had already been laid off from one Wall Street firm and dismissed from another, after abandoning a first career in chemical engineering.

30.   He had been laid off from Electric Boat this summer and was not sure that the casino was where he wanted to be.