41.   Dmitri Khristich won big in arbitration and then lost bigger when the Bruins cut him loose as a free agent.

42.   Dennis Eckersley, cut loose by the Red Sox Monday, will decide by next week whether he intends to continue his playing career, his attorney said Tuesday.

43.   Driving the ball is her strength, and the layout at DuPont, which gives her an opportunity to cut loose off the tee, plays into her hands.

44.   Even in a heat wave, the urge to cut loose overrides the pleasures of corporate air conditioning.

45.   Even when they know who the dunderheads are, many employers lack the heart to cut them loose.

46.   Finally, one dove in with no underwater breathing gear and cut him loose.

47.   Five teams had serious interest in Byars, cut loose almost three weeks ago in Miami by Jimmy Johnson.

48.   Had she not been coldly cut loose by the Royal Family and forced into divorce, runs this overstretched chain of causality, the accident would never have happened.

49.   He bit his nails, fingered a string of worry beads and talked about how guilty he felt at having so much trouble cutting cigarettes loose.

50.   He believes that AHCCCS cut him loose because he had filed an age-discrimination complaint against the state.