KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All the fuss and concern over the Yankees' six-man rotation, and who should eventually be lopped from it, have recently been rendered moot by two developments: a small cut on Freddy Garcia's finger, and the large abrasions the Yankees' hitters are inflicting on baseballs these days.
Up to 75 jobs will be lopped from the Oceans and Atmosphere division of the Commonwealth Scientific and Technological Organization (CSIRO) as part of a restructuring first announced in February by CSIRO Chief Executive Larry Marshall.
In the past three years, more than $7 billion in cumulative spending has been lopped from Virginia budgets, dealing severe blows to the state's colleges and universities; its ability to build and maintain roads and bridges; its support for localities and schools; and social services of every description.
Thomson Reuters numbers are a bit higher, with Q3 2014 eps growth expectations having been lopped from 11% on July 1 to 6.4%.
When Vanessa goes rifling guiltily through her mother's stash (Luisa is still alive), she discovers amid the scholarly articles and the family jetsam a thick plait of hair that was lopped from her very own head when she was six years old.
Its branches may be lopped off, or not, depending on the local custom.
As the admissions process winds down, the dean and the director of admissions review the pool of tentatively admitted students and decide how many need to be "lopped," by having their status changed from "admit" to "waitlist" or "deny," the court papers say.
The same things is being considered for fire service uniforms - its estimated that £18m could be lopped off an annual budget of £127m.
On the back of my book is a quote from Adam Gopnik [staff writer on the New Yorker] from which the second sentence had to be lopped.
