101.   I wipe steel parts with lubricating oil and wood handles with linseed oil cut with paint thinner.

102.   If a deal is to be made, they say, it should be cut with a leader who can make it stick.

103.   If he was a bust, Capel could be cut with little pain, because he was just a final-round pick.

104.   I was so sure a check would be cut with my name on it that I began purchasing ridiculously expensive items.

105.   I, on the other hand, heard about the disaster while cutting with an X-Acto knife and breathing deeply around glue in a college art class.

106.   Imagine smog so thick you could cut it with a knife.

107.   In cutting a deal with Republicans to reopen the federal government, Clinton suffered a glancing blow but nothing close to a knockout punch.

108.   In June, the Bears cut him with two years left on his contract.

109.   In our previous encounters, the tension was palpable and the feelings so intense you could cut them with a knife.

110.   In recent days, Livingston has been busy courting conservatives wary of his tendency to cut deals with Democrats.