It is still difficult and expensive to lay off "regular" workers.

但解雇正式员工仍然非常困难和昂贵。

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The god ' s dancing girls ( devadasis ) performed before him at regular intervals , watched by the officiants and lay worshipers , who were his courtiers.

神的舞女（神庙舞女）每隔一定时期就在神的面前表演，被主祭和参加崇拜的俗人，神的奉承者观看。

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The faculty of Xavier High School consisted of Jesuit priests, scholastics (who were on the way to becoming Jesuit priests), lay teachers, who were like regular guys and the Military Science faculty.

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However, regular use of the property waned by 1978 and it lay almost unused for 25 years before a fund-raising effort led to its restoration.

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