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The countdown to the crisis actually began a year ago, when the Bush administration lopped off the dollop of bridging funds it had promised.

That adds up to nearly a third of its visits lopped off, which is a bit more serious than just a "bumpy start. "

But even if I were to wake up one morning and discover it long and luxuriant, I would probably still get it lopped off.

Twenty-two friends of high public mark, twenty-one living and one dead, it had lopped the heads off, in one morning, in as many minutes.

The villagers have lopped away the biggest of the branches of that ELM overhanging the road.

His true score of 93%, Mr Lukashenka explained, would not have been acceptable to the European Union, so a few points were lopped off.

They have lopped away the biggest of the branches of that ELM overhanging the road.

The justice ministry, one of the big losers in the spending review this week, will see a quarter lopped off its budget by 2015.

A rabbit lopped through the garden.

All notes and coins in circulation were replaced by a new currency that lopped a couple of zeros from the old North Korean won.

The Treasury has lopped 5% off its estimate of the underlying productive capacity of the economy, which looks reasonable.

The main characteristics of this breed of rabbit is a short massive-looking body, a big, blocky head, lopped ears, and thick, soft fur.

The Federal Reserve has been desperately cutting rates, and lopped another half point off again yesterday.

To save his life, her had to have her left leg lopped off.

lopped him from the payroll.

Trees, when they are lopped and cut, grow up again in a short time, but men , being once lost, cannot easily be recovered.

nay, perhaps, till once they are lopped off, this goodly tree can never flourish in perfect health and vigor.

It contained huge cuts, including $2 billion lopped from higher education.

It lopped half a percentage point off this month in an emergency meeting, taking them to 4. 5%.

The spending decline lopped more than 3 percentage points off GDP. Last month, consumer spending was estimated down at a 3. 5 percent pace.

Baidu said on Wednesday that these removals lopped off about 5 percent from revenue, which will have an impact in the first quarter.

with one 65-foot blade lopped clean off, and another warped and twisted.

Finally one bleak February I had had enough and lopped off most of my hair.

He lopped the wayside lilies with his cane.

He lopped the biggest branches off.

South Korea lopped off another 50 basis points on Thursday, bringing its total to 325.

Investment bankers, to the extent there are any left, will see the odd million or five lopped from their salaries and bonuses.

She has lopped branches off yesterday.

Generally, $10, 000 to $15, 000 in fees are lopped off the amount you can borrow.

he just lopped it right off.

Integers don't have fractions, and so the "remainder" is lopped off.

The decline in net exports lopped off 3. 6 percentage points.

His hat was a vast ruin with a wide crescent lopped out of its brim;

where his feet were burned , his ears lopped off ,