Word: slash
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...admiration for telling people the worst. Last week Butler did the same, frankly and specifically, and added to his reputation as one of the fastest rising Tories. No orator, but respected for the cool clarity of his mind, Butler told the House of Commons how the Tories propose to slash $420 million off Britain's imports-and that on top of the $980 million cut announced last November. This is 1952 austerity, Conservative style...
...slash of $61 million in tobacco imports, while Britain smokes up some of its reserves...
...duel is designed to produce scars, for all but the face and shoulders of each fighter is protected by padding and heavy black bandages. Each duel goes three rounds, and from the moment the umpire cries "Silentium!", lasts about 15 minutes. While their brothers watch, each fighter tries to slash at his opponent's face. When it is over, the swordsmen retire to the doctor's bench, each one holding his opponent's right hand while the doctor stitches and bandages. Sometimes the boys try to make their scars more impressive by rubbing salt into their wounds...
...half its trade, is heavily in debt. Last week nine Commonwealth Finance Ministers, meeting in London's gloomy old Treasury Building, pledged their countries to earn more and spend less, in an effort to balance the family budget by the end of 1952. Each member nation would slash imports, increase exports, try to control inflation; the sterling bloc as a whole pledged itself to work to make the pound once more freely convertible to dollars...
...housing industry, which started 1,000,000 houses last year and had expected enough materials to produce 800,000 this year, will get only enough materials to build 600,000. ¶ The appliance industry, which had expected to maintain the 1951 last-quarter production, got another stiff 10% slash (to 45% of pre-Korea output...