Exxon, the top Western oil company, took advantage of the weak climate to bolster its operations, buying smaller rivals and attractive assets as it sought to lay the foundation for growth once the economy rebounds.
But she declined to comment on reports that it sought to lay off 650 of Starwood's 2,200 workers in Italy, citing continuing labor negotiations.
Commenting on the well-known statement in the Laozi that "Dao models after ziran," Wang Bi is careful not to reify what is properly conceptual: "Ziran is a term [that we use] to speak of that which has no designation; it is an expression that seeks to lay bare [the meaning of] the ultimate" (commentary to Laozi 25).
It's a 334-page tome from Rizzoli that seeks to lay a new foundation for understanding the architect who brought us Radio City Music Hall, the Museum of Modern Art, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the North Carolina State Legislative Building.
Even as the stimulus plan seeks to lay the groundwork for self-sustaining recovery, he said, this would depend heavily on a return to financial stability.
Nonetheless, Sugiyama expects good domestic business, as Japan seeks to lay fiber to all homes in the next decade.
This paper seeks to lay out the evidence for the use of lung ultrasound in the estimation of EVLW.
The conference left unclear what form the proposed covenant might take and the extent to which it might seek to lay down a code of practice on homosexuality.
It will seek to lay down the basic principles of internet privacy rights, broadly following recommendations published last December by the Department of Commerce.
It also seemed part of the diplomatic groundwork the Bush administration is seeking to lay as it presses its case that Mr. Hussein should be removed from power, perhaps by force.
