91.   The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, its second rate cut in six weeks.

92.   The Germans heap the earth around the spears of asparagus and cut it in the pre-dawn hours, to protect it from the light that would turn it green.

93.   The holdout in Europe on rates, however, has been Germany, which last cut rates in March.

94.   The New England Patriots may have made league history when they drafted a player and cut him in the same week.

95.   The pickup in the data raised questions about how fast the economy is slowing and whether the Fed will put off an interest rate cut in July.

96.   The pickup in the data raised questions about how fast the economy is slowing and whether or not the Fed will put off an interest rate cut in July.

97.   The right-hander had his season cut short in Japan last year because of arm problems, but shoulder tendinitis was the culprit that time.

98.   The study finds that military spending, though cut in recent years, remains important in determining the balance of payments for many states.

99.   The university also shed jobs and closed some programs, but has been forced to cut again in the past two years to maintain a balanced budget.

100.   There are two new novice trails and three new lifts, including a high-speed quad chair that cuts in half travel time to the top of Rams Head.