Word: cutbacks
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...Airways' abrupt decision last week to reverse its generous policy for some sports enthusiasts traveling with their equipment has outraged the world surfing community. As of today, passengers are banned from checking surfboards, kayaks, canoes or wind surfing boards. BA's decision is what surfers might call a roundhouse cutback - a 180 degree shift in direction - from their original policy that still allows passengers to bring most sporting goods free, including golf clubs and bags, skis and snowboards...
...when you catch passes, that’s just kind of a luxury you get,” Miller said.Earlier in the quarter, Ho turned a routine screen pass in the left flat into a 43-yard gain deep into Tigers territory by breaking a tackle, making a great cutback, and sprinting up the right sideline.“Once Jason or Cheng got the ball, they knew what do to do with it, and they made some big plays,” Pizzotti said.EXTRA POINTSPizzotti’s 365 yards goes down as the fourth-highest total in team...
...regulars are lamenting the passing of the good old days. In front of the Barker Center Café, an unobtrusive sign advertises: “Free Coffee. New Hours at the Barker Center. Monday – Friday 9-10 AM.” These new hours are a cutback: the Center used to host twice-daily coffee frenzies from 9-10 a.m. and 3-4 p.m. Dean for the Humanities Diana Sorensen sponsors and provides the free coffee at the Barker Center. “The cost became astronomical,” Dean Sorensen explained in an e-mail...
...Hassam says he doesn't want an independent Islamic state?just more Muslims in local government and a cutback of troops and police in the area. But while the fighting continues, says Hassam, anyone suspected of feeding information to the police or military?men, women, teenagers like Ma-ae, even Muslim religious leaders?is a legitimate target. "It doesn't matter who you are," he says. "If you spy on us, we'll take you out." In one district, he adds, his brothers-in-arms have vowed to murder 10 Buddhists for every Muslim death. Such tactics unsettle some veteran...
...freshman year, they lost the opportunity to entertain women from 1 to 4 p.m., in return for a three-hour extension on Saturday evenings until 11 p.m. Despite the gain on Saturday nights, undergraduates had a net loss of 15 hours per week of parietal hours.But Radcliffe took the cutback in hours the hardest.“There is no other place to sit quietly in the afternoon,” complained one ’Cliffie to The Crimson in November 1955. “People used this opportunity to study together,” said another female.A...