Word: axing
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...best remembered in England for his application of the "axe," with which he pared down the budget...
Besides, there are plenty of really practical objections. No doubt they will be made by the opponents of the plan; everyone has some axe to grind, and if he wants to grind it badly enough, he will find numerous good and sufficient reasons why it ought to be ground. But unless all of the surface cars are going to be run under the surface--there must still be some space roped off for innocent passengers and others not directly interested in traffic dodging. Unless the tracks are moved there will be no more available space for driving, as long...
...Lohengrin, Jr.," first prize-winning singer at the International Canary Show at Chicago was presented to Mrs. Coolidge; Mrs. Coolidge made arrangements for a choir of 60 voices to sing Christmas carols on the White House grounds on Christmas Eve; President Paul D. Moody ¶ Middlebury College, Vt., axe in hand, felled a pine tree which was shipped to Washington to be erected in the oval behind the White House as a national Christmas tree...
...Winnipeg, one Stanley Carlson equipped himself with a cowhide suit covered with spikes an inch long, announced his intention of departing soon for Port Arthur to slay wolves by clouting them on the head with an axe while they nibble at his armor...
...minutes of axe and chemical extinguisher sufficed to finish the fire, but during that time the students had made practically every possible comment on the firemen's prowess. The fire fighters suddenly replied with a spray from the chemical hose, which squelched many of the bright remarks...