And before they raise the ceiling, Republicans will want Democrats to agree to some lopping of the budget.

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Other clients refuse to work with firms who don't discount, lopping anywhere from 10% to 30% off their standard rates.

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In the attempt to retrieve her, the portal between worlds closes, lopping off her tiny pinky finger in the process.

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Our anti-materialist forebears were downing flagons of mead long before narco-cartels were lopping off the heads of police officers in Juarez and Tijuana.

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Companies in Europe have traditionally begun rationalisation farthest from home, by lopping off their branch factories and repatriating production to save domestic jobs.

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He also suggested his critics were "jealous" because he lived in a large house that resembled Royal residence Balmoral, and had trees in the grounds that needed lopping.

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Lopping off the roof of a 911 is design sacrilege.

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Wall Street has already passed judgment on this, lopping half a trillion dollars in market value from eight giants the past year (Apple, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Dell, Compaq, Gateway, Intel and AMD).

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