Word: lopping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dick and Harry may, if they wish, declare themselves candidates for the Presidency of France. Last week, on the eve of election day, a perennial named Lop popped up with an infallible secret formula for peace, which he refused to reveal unless elected. A druggist from the small fishing port of Honfleur arrived at Versailles covered with medals, brandishing a pistol, demanding admittance to the Palace to make a speech on his qualifications. A third was an old-timer with sweeping grey mustaches, fiery eyes and the extraordinary name of Monsieur Cochon...
Twin backfield stars of the invaders are Captain Tom Mountain, right halfback who does most of the ball-carrying and kicking and is probably the best defensive back the Crimson have faced, and Dave Allerdice, their forward passer who looked lop-sided against Navy since he played the whole game with a huge shoulder-brace...
Among other economies he decided to lop a chunk off the salaries of the "highly paid" State employes and dedicate it to the unemployed. Total economy drive sum: $6,000,000, trifling by U. S. relief standards but nearly 8% of Cuba's revenues, the equivalent of $425,000,000 to the U. S. Treasury...
...decided Lukens could buy its gas direct from Columbia's subsidiary. Henceforth, instead of the 20,000 tons of West Virginia bituminous and 25,000,000 gallons of fuel oil it has been buying annually, the company will use 15 million cu. ft. of gas a day, thereby lop about 20% off its yearly $1,250,000 fuel bill...
...MacCollum's opinion, lop ears are not due to improper care in childhood but are a congenital defect. A three-month fetus has lop ears, but if the baby is born with them it shows that something happened to the ears' development during the pre-natal period...