Word: chop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this kind of diplomatic tightrope walking that is considered long before the Queen packs her traveling kit. Nearly a year before she gave her first royal wave (a sort of gentle, repeating karate chop with the hand slightly cupped), her schedule for the entire tour had been mapped out to the minute and the mouthful. Last November the Queen's press secretary, Michael Shea, walked every inch of the path that the Queen will tread during her tour. Everywhere she goes, the Queen is equipped with a precise tip sheet briefing her on names and issues to be either...
Ultimately, of course, too much money can wind up being as damaging to an economy as too little. While the Fed walks the razor's edge between economic collapse and runaway inflation, it badly needs the support of both the Congress and the Administration to curb spending, chop the deficit and prevent the nation's current economic troubles, and the bond market's jitters, from turning into something far worse. -By Christopher Byron. Reported by David Beckwith/Washington and Frederick Ungeheuer/New York
...senior guard Calvin Dixon swished a high-arching jumper, then bounced back to commit a well-timed foul. Crusader failures at the line coupled with four free throws, compliments of sophomore Bob Ferry and Co-Captain George White to chop the Crusader lead to two. But when Wildes' lay-up slipped off of the rim, the Crimson comeback had failed...
...First, chop the peanuts, Leave them in the unopened package and gently chop them with a hammer. If you're not lucky enough to find a hammer, use anything like a heavy shoe or old trophy...
Volumes for cooks without time to shop and chop...