Word: chopped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...second category consists of either Bruce Lee-types who only know how to karate-chop their way through life, or Chinatown gangsters like those in the film, "Year of the Dragon." It seems that without kung-fu or a gun, we are a race of half-men who are an affront to masculinity...
Miller's solution to the musical obstruction inher room is much simpler. "If [the harp] evercrowds me, I'll chop it into pieces and throw itinto the fire," she said
Major league baseball teams will play the same teams more often and play-offs will be longer starting next year, thanks to a new format that will chop the American and National leagues each into three geographical divisions. A wild- card qualifier from each league would join the division leaders in the play-offs. The makeup of each of the six divisions may be finalized this week...
...that's how law enforcement cracked down. Wills quarreled with a partner, who ratted to the Bensalem police. Government agents then rented the chop-shop property to Wills as part of a sting operation. Over a four-month period last year, the FBI and police tracked 35 cars -- some from as far away as Washington and North Carolina -- into two of Wills' warehouses. Half the cars were stolen; many others were insurance "give-ups" by financially strapped car owners. Not long after, the FBI revealed itself, Wills escaped and law enforcement officers have been tracking him ever since -- with...
...other major cities, the motive is largely commercial. Police say more than half of the thefts are committed by organized car rings that chop up stolen cars and resell the parts or ship them across borders. (See following story.) Overall, about a quarter of stolen cars end up in chop shops, where they are taken apart and resold for as much as triple their value whole. Two skilled choppers with power tools can cut up a car from hood to trunk in three minutes. The demand is huge: a thief can steal a $10,000 Nissan Sentra, strip...