Word: chop
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...managed--its prospects looked bleak a few months ago. The telescope was facing eventual loss of power and gyroscope failure, which would cut short its life-span by years. But given President Bush's ambitious plans for a manned moon and Mars program, NASA was looking for projects to chop. A shuttle mission to service the Hubble seemed pricey and, after the loss of the shuttle Columbia, risky. So the agency said it would let the telescope expire...
...choice: judo. "Bruce Lee!" he exclaims, a grin stretching across his bronzed face. "Everybody wanted to be Bruce Lee!" But this was Poland, 1981 - the communist regime had imposed martial law to suppress opposition, and the authorities didn't like the idea of all those teens gathering nightly to chop and kick like the kung-fu movie star. They ended the training sessions "under the pretext of renovating the gym," Korzeniowski says. "Of course they never finished, and athletics was the only session open." Walking was his destiny. In 1984, he qualified for the Polish championships, where he placed last...
...happened that this time with the strong wind there were big waves and big chop,” Holzapfel said. “It makes it easy to hit the water with your blade and send your boat from side to side...
With one out, Christian reached on an error by Farkes, and a single by Wiginton put runners on first and second. Bruton then got Deeb—the Bears’ No. 3 hitter and career hits leader—to chop a perfect double play ball to junior second baseman Ian Wallace. But Wallace fumbled the ball twice trying to pick it up, and never made a throw, loading the bases...
...ADVANI: My party men chop it out of my speeches, but I won't avoid it. It's an emotional and sensitive issue, but I won't be apologetic about...