1.   Colorado was looking to pare its roster, so the Capitals wound up with a reliable backup and good citizen.

2.   Pare the roster.

3.   The team pared its roster by one Friday when pitcher Reid Cornelius cleared waivers and was sent outright to Class AAA Norfolk.

4.   There are the inevitable goodbyes as rosters are pared at the end of spring training.

5.   United is one of a skein of large marketers to pare its roster of advertising agencies, or think about doing so, after working with myriad shops.

6.   When it came down to paring the roster, Belichick cut veterans Vincent Brisby and Chris Carter and kept lower-salaried players in their place.

7.   You pare your roster like a surgeon.