Word: lopped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lewis and Steele separated, glared, grunted. Steele whacked Lewis on the face with the back of his hand. Referee Forbes warned him to refrain. Steele whacked Lewis three times more. Instead of disqualifying Steele, Referee Forbes warned him again. A wrestler who had helped Lewis train for the match, lop-eared John Evko, climbed into the ring in his bathrobe, whacked Challenger Steele. Referee Forbes tried unsuccessfully to push Wrestler Evko out of the ring, then awarded the bout to Lewis on a foul. A disgruntled spectator slapped Promoter Jack Curley on the nose. Members of the New York State...
...their lives. In 1915. 28,912 veterans of that war were drawing $3,851,699 for real hurts. In 1920 the bars were dropped: any veteran disabled in any way or over 62, was eligible for a pension. Today Spanish War pensioners total 235,463. N. E. L. would lop $109.000,000 from the Government's bill by limiting payment to those disabled in actual service...
...State should pay $18,000,000. For next year the Board of Education has budgeted $90,000,000, which Dr. Strayer says should be reduced by $16,000,000. Last week the Board asked the city for $75,000,000 in tax levies, was told it must lop off at least $15,000,000. Chicago bankers have promised to buy tax warrants if cuts are made in building operations, plant maintenance. But up until last week the Board, although agreed on the necessity, made no move to retrench...
...Insull Lop. Into bankruptcy last week went National Public Service Corp., intermediate holding company for the "Insull" properties in the East, chief subsidiary of National Electric Power. In receivership a fortnight ago, the company sought to have its five Manhattan banks (Chase National Bank, Central Hanover Bank, Manufacturers Trust, New York Trust, Chemical Bank) reach a standstill agreement on their loans of $20,000,000. When the receivers failed to accomplish this they resigned in a huff. The action means that the bulk of the Eastern part of the great utility system has been lopped away, will probably break...
Despite the apparent lop-sided outlook there are many who believe that Harvard has the man power, the attack, the defense and the spirit to cope with this Michigan team. Should the Crimson team manage to stave off a Michigan score in the first period and give its backs any aid in their attempts to gain, this same Harvard team which surprised the country by being held to a tie last week, may equally surprise them today...