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Word: lopping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Desert Storm began, the cold war formally ended and , the Pentagon was about to take some cuts. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney plans to trim the Army 31% over the next five years, the Navy 13%, the Air Force 28% and the Marines 14%. Taken together, those projected reductions will lop off 500,000 men and women -- or about the size of the force in the gulf -- from the 2.1 million now in uniform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revolution At Defense | 3/18/1991 | See Source »

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