chopping block


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1. A busbar.
2. A heavy, rigid electrical conductor that serves as a common connection between the source of electric power and the load circuits.

butcher block, chopping block

An assembly of rectangular blocks of hardwood which are edge-glued, joined by dowels, and then pressed together hydraulically; esp. used as a work surface in a kitchen.
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She also said a television show could provide an opportunity to build The Chopping Block brand.
The cook's choice: housewares retailer the chopping block regards itself as a cooking school first
Gwil said: "The idea for The Chopping Block was cooked up in the kitchen of our family farm and the name was actually inspired by the traditional chopping block at the very heart of it.
Catering firm hopes to be a festival hit
A number of shows are potentially on the chopping block as executives decide what programming will be picked up by The CW, the new network scheduled to replace its predecessors in September.
The death of a network: will there be work for black actors, writers, and producers?
You've escaped the chopping block cut, so I've heard.
Peter Watkins: "boring handyman extraordinaire"
The commodity supplemental food program (CSFP), targeted for the chopping block, provides nutritionally balanced boxes of food to about a half-million poor people on a monthly basis.
Bush calls for eliminating food program for needy seniors
It's a week before Thanksgiving but Theo is a pro-active turkey and he's not going to the chopping block without a big, fat fight.
Random House/Knopf/Doubleday
If commodity prices fall--and they always do--cuts to public spending (and rollbacks on legally shaky contracts) will likely take place long before politicians sum up the nerve to send payrolls to the chopping block.
Limited time offer: the region's governments are rolling in cash. Getting in while budgets are fat is key
ITEM: The Minneapolis Star Tribune for October 2 reports: "So far, Operation Offset has served mainly as a big target for Democratic and Republican leaders trying to protect cherished programs from the chopping block.
Opening the spending floodgates
In spite of Abitibi Consolidated's recent announcement to close the Kenora mill, company officials insist the Fort Frances operation is not on the chopping block.
Fort Frances safe: Abitibi
Borrowing the poses of classical sculpture and the materials and realism of Rodin, Quinn places the idealized human form on the chopping block, replacing it with a hunk of meat.
Marc Quinn: Mary Boone Gallery
During the recent economic downturn, few areas within companies escaped the chopping block, including selling, general and administrative expenses (SG & A).
Seizing control of SG & A: any benchmarking of selling, general and administrative expenses can be tricky, and companies treat such expenses in very different ways. Taking a holistic approach and observing certain caveats can help bring such expenses in line
Being a writer means putting your neck on the chopping block, as Durham knows.
Hannibal the hero: in his latest work, David Anthony Durham writes an epic novel about the ancient North African military leader

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