Word: cut
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cut, coming earlier than usual, was made in order to give the Crimson hockey mentor plenty of time to experiment with a first team before the initial test of the season against Boston University on December 18. The sessions up until now have been for the most part experimental practices during which Coach Stubbs considered each man individually. Starting today however he will begin to select the sextet that will represent the Crimson on the ice this fall...
Into the Cabinet Room marched nine of the most potent presidents of eastern railroads. Next came 22 industrial tycoons, who promised not to cut wages if Labor would not demand increases. Afterward they circulated about the White House lobby, gave newsmen their views on the soundness of business, their confidence in its future. Henry Ford, in a shrewd burst of economic optimism, announced he would raise all his workers...
...badly needed light, badly needed power. Cushman Dam which supplies water for the city-owned plant was dangerously low. Where four inches of rain had fallen last October, this October fell less than one inch. Abandoned private steam plants were prepared for operation. Housewives had to be told to cut down on current. Only every other street light burned at night. Electrical signs were shut off. The lights on the tower of the city hall went dark for the first time in 30 years...
...engaged me for the role if I were so dumb he would say, 'Ach, I was dumb too, that day.' ... I wanted to see a finished print of The Love Parade. Every time I told Lubitsch he would tell me, 'Don't be so anxious, I've cut most of your scenes out. There's plenty of you lying around on the floor...
Eighty candidates reported for the first Freshman meeting of basketball. After a few days, the squad was cut to 29 players among whom there are several promising prospects...