Word: prune
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Instead of constantly calling for more pay-it is liberal now, by civilian standards, except where risk is involved-let the military prune out the marginals, alcoholics and incompetents. Let them see that industry is rewarded and lack of it punished . . . [Thus] respect for the uniform will be restored...
From supermarkets, other businessmen, notably appliance makers, have learned an important lesson: fewer, but bigger dealers provide a larger market for their products than a long string of small dealers. Many have already begun to prune their franchise holders; some are even inclined to close their eyes to cut-rate discount houses simply because they move such vast quantities of goods. Although big appliance makers, such as General Electric and Westinghouse, still keep their distributors, they are shipping more and more goods directly to their dealers. This enables them to cut costs by pooling orders from dealers in the same...
GOVERNMENTAL EFFICIENCY. Government probably is giving the taxpayer nowhere near his money's worth. Eisenhower's administration is going to have to chop, prune and reorganize...
...seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy "vineyard...
...next morning Orthodox farmers went out to the land once more to plow their weed-choked fields and prune the tangled vines. There were relatively few of them who had made the sacrifice which the Law called for. Israeli government statisticians estimated the total loss in produce at less than...