My mom tried to lay down the law, but I found ways around her.

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"I don't think the PKK will lay down its arms, " said Shamal Bishir, the PJAK's foreign affairs chief.

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If sales are down or costs go up unexpectedly, I may have to lay off employees quickly or the business will go under.

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And I think it was an important opportunity for the two leaders to sit down and lay out essentially their view of the situation there, the interests that each of our countries have in Syria and in seeing a peaceful resolution to the violence in Syria.

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"I'd like to give Ornelas a lot of credit, he didn't come to lay down, " said Hopkins, who has now won 50 of his 56 professional fights, 32 by knockout.

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One of the things I emphasized to President Karzai, however, is, is that the incentives for the Taliban to lay down arms, or at least portions of the Taliban to lay down arms, and make peace with the Afghan government in part depends on our effectiveness in breaking their momentum militarily.

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