Still, workers placed a boom around the dredge to prevent any oil from reaching the beach.

Mr. Bush would allow workers to place 2 percentage points of their 12.4 percent payroll tax into investment accounts.

The mission helped the workers set up bank accounts and place their children in schools or shelters.

When a personal computer fails at a large company, the worker usually places a frantic call to the technical support office.

Since the center opened, social workers have placed seven people in some kind of permanent housing.

The social worker, concerned for the health of the child, placed the baby in temporary foster care.

When that failed, workers placed 10-foot-by-6-foot metal slabs over the hole.

A worker making $10,000 a year would place $300 a year into the account.

A worker making $80,400 or more would place $1,708 in the account each year.

And with layoffs sweeping the country, workers placed more importance on job security than higher pay.