Historical clue formulations

• Like ceramics — 2023-05-07
• Dismissed from "The Apprentice" — 2011-10-17
• Let go — 2010-05-20
• Like clayware — 2008-02-02
• Let go — 2000-10-06
• Out of a job — 1997-09-08
• Put in a kiln — 1995-04-22
• Shot — 1994-03-21