Word: lopping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ancient Nippon, samurai warriors raced their horses for the honor of being the first to lop off an enemy's head. The horses are still running, but today the most that a man can lose is his bank account. In the past decade the total annual betting has increased tenfold to $1.6 billion, or more money than the government spends on national defense or foreign aid. Horse racing in fact has become the new national pastime of Japan, outdrawing major league baseball in attendance last year by the astounding margin of 60 million...
Terrell's lop-sided three-game sweep concluded the three-day tournament in which Harvard humiliated the 25 participating teams by placing five men in the three division finals...
Gilmore dominated the game with 29 points, 26 rebounds, and 16 blocked shots. With its big men controlling the boards, Jacksonville worked its fast break frequently to run up the lop-sidel score...