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Word: lopping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rather than take such draconian action, Congress is more likely to search for new sources of revenue. Reagan has proposed to lop $27.5 billion off the 1983 deficit by closing a few business tax loopholes and taking various "management initiatives," but TIME's board considered that estimate fanciful. For example, the President said that $8.4 billion could come from faster leasing of oil drilling rights in U.S. coastal waters. Observed James McKie, an economics professor at the University of Texas: "That projection of revenue from offshore leasing shows an excessive degree of optimism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roadblocks to Recovery | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

After years of heading mainly up and up, the price of oil has lately been heading down and down. Conservation and the weakening world economy have created a continuing supply glut, forcing major oil producers to lop dollars off their prices in order to attract buyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plunging Petroleum Prices | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

McGill College--the tournament's host--has something to learn about hospitality. The McGillians whomped their guests by a lop-sided score of 96-60 on Saturday. Never a serious factor in the game, the Crimson left for halftime trailing 56-24. Freshman Lisa Leithauser pumped in a team-high 12 points for the losers...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Women Cagers Drop Three in Tourney | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

...feel that showy expenditures--the new building, costly deans' receptions, and other expansion-related endeavors--do enhance the school's training. But until the K-School's Edifice Complex gives way to a true appreciation of the value of a racially and sexually balanced community, it will offer a lop-sided education--and will churn out leaders sadly unable to advance the cause of affirmative action in a nation that sorely needs...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: A Choice Between Two Futures | 2/27/1981 | See Source »

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