Word: lopped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There would be some use for a new Club. It would re-instituted the training table (which is likely to be re-instituted anyway), and it would lop three blocks off the long walk back from Soldiers Field. According to Varsity Club alumni, it would bring the College's athletic facilities up to "normal...
...first fifteen lost to Princeton in Bermuda by a lop-sided 13 to 0 score, but since its return from Bermuda it has been bolstered by the addition of seven players who could not make the trip. With this improved team, the ruggers have gained three straight victories...
...foundations, dams and power plants, has long thought it a waste of time to balance its books down to the last penny. It thought that such meticulous accounting, when it involved estimates on large projects, was not accurate anyway. Five months ago, Dravo's bookkeepers were told to lop off all pennies in most of their accounts, and round their figures out to the nearest dollar. Last week Dravo reported the results: a 40% saving in accounting costs; a 9% reduction in the clerical force...