21.   Although health care analysts have long predicted that the agency would have to lay off union members, it has avoided that strategy.

22.   An Italian economist working on a government proposal to make it easier to lay off some workers was shot to death.

23.   And lay off the Ajax, Comet, and other scouring powders.

24.   And lay off the heavy scents.

25.   And other smaller companies have begun to lay off workers as they shut down less productive wells.

26.   And pressure on the Hartford schools increased this week with a proposal to lay off hundreds of teachers to pay for classroom improvements.

27.   And the sneaker companies that have had to lay off employees after being stomped on by the Air Jordan line.

28.   And through a financing system known as experience rating, employers who lay off workers more frequently pay somewhat more into the program.

29.   Any other buyer is almost certain to lay off workers, Cuthbertson said.