She and her fellow secretaries set about cutting up white food sacks and turning them into a large surrender flag to present to the Russians.
Once you have convinced the public that all government spending is inefficient, you can set about cutting spending on your enemies and retaining it for your friends.
After dictating what she had given him, and he had memorised, to one of the friends or assistants who came to write for him, he set about cutting extensively, and revising.
So he set about cutting a further 10,000 jobs (beyond the 13,000 already shed under an earlier recovery plan), mainly by eliminating shifts and killing off four unprofitable models.
Aided by a court ruling this week that allows parliament to see, and therefore publish, a report into a recent banking scandal, he can now set about cutting out the rot that did so much to bring about the collapse of the economy two years ago.
Ever since Legal Aid Society lawyers went on strike in 1994, 10 months after Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani took office, the mayor has set about cutting the organization's financing and reducing its influence as the chief defender of the indigent in New York City's courts.
Hand then set about cutting printing and distribution costs.
To pay for the plan, Kmart set about cutting its $1.2 billion ad budget.
The new coalition government has seemed minded to help too, signing off a £360m loan guarantee for Ford and a £20m grant for Nissan in June though whether it can afford to continue that largesse as it sets about cutting Britain's huge fiscal deficit is questionable.
The committee will give advice by the end of the year on whether the emission cuts target should rise to 80%, and how ministers should set about cutting emissions in the first three of a series of five-year cycles leading to 2050.
