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If that were true in 1972 when China's economy had been laid low by mad collectivist experiments, how much truer it is today.

Who would have thought a year ago that both men would be laid low by an obscure form of debt securitisation?

Unwilling to be caught defenseless, Fett laid low for a while, which prompted a concerted search by Solo's friends.

Once among the richest people in Europe, the Irish have been laid low by a banking collapse and the euro zone's debt crisis. What now?

Not so long ago Britain's political establishment was laid low by the media furore over fiddled parliamentary expenses.

My Regiment ran into a similar discovery as described in the above website while serving in Iraq, and I have laid low about it until now.

It had rained during the night and the heavy dust was laid low.

He seemed proud to be still standing, whereas I, who am still young, have been laid low by my sufferings.

While U. S. and European banks were laid low by the recent credit crisis, Chinese banks, powered by a robust economy, have grown stronger.

During the recent bubble years, America's housing investment boomed, but corporate investment was laid low by the dotcom bust.

He shook his shadows on the train from Madrid and laid low in the Mediterranean port of Cartagena.

Maybe the tide will reverse, now that America has been laid low yet again by the profligacy of its citizens. But don't bet on it.

But man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.

With all your pep and energy, I can't imagine you are laid low by the flu for so long.

It protects you from destructive controversies. Consider how often people of prominence are laid low by revelations of impropriety.

Having swallowed the budget like rotten food, they have been laid low by a debilitating virus.

Fabregas was laid low by a virus ahead of the North London derby and only just made the bench at White Hart Lane.

Tom laid low for the rest of the week and considered his options.

Japan has to-day surrendered. The last of our enemies is laid low.

Foreclosures and costlier commutes have laid low the distant suburbs, or exurbs.

As the stormy financial conditions of the past two yearshave laid low many other global investors, the CIC has been singing in therain.

She was laid low for three days by cold.

I laid low two wolves yesterday.

Labour has been laid low by hubris.

I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word.

If I could have laid low ,