Then they would help you use a two-man crosscut saw to chop off a piece of wood from a tree stump they had spray painted in red with the Old Spice logo.

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But you've got that buffer of a large expanse of land and you expect bits to chop off with the weather and the elements, and the cold and the hot, but you don't expect that.

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Now Serebryakov wants to chop up the surrounding forests and sell off the land, leaving Vanya with only his own wasted life to contemplate.

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One of her first moves was to lay off 10% of the work force and chop payroll costs by 25%.

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American said last week that by offering early boarding to passengers who are traveling light, with only a carry-on bag that fits under the seat in from of them, it can chop two minutes off the time it takes to board a narrowbody aircraft.

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Instead, residents will need to chop up the trees to fit inside the new containers, or drop off intact trees at central collection points.

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