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“Hood” — the name of a British admiral at a time American relations with that empire were less than amicable — could also be lopped off for a new title and name.

The Lakers are that rare family operation that continually lops off the head of the family for the sake of one of the whining kids.

She and the Creature eventually conspire to lop off that grabby assailant’s hand to replace a decaying limb.

One plan that was under consideration in recent months calls for lopping off the middle school, grades 6, 7 and 8, and sending those students to an under-enrolled high school nearby.

There will always be a tree, for instance, which she purposely buys too tall and lops off to a ceiling-scraping height, but it will rarely look the same.