Working alongside the volunteers, they were handed poles to break off blocks or head-high saws to cut through the ice.
What judges examine in a Labrador are its head ("clean-cut" with "broad back skull"), coat (black, yellow or chocolate) and tail (like an otter's).
Partly because his budget is an unusual "ring-fenced" one, while other departments are being cut, the head of DfID - International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell - constantly emphasises his quest for value for money, for both aid recipients and the British taxpayer.
Some 70, 000 students enrolled in pre-kindergarten Head Start would be cut from the program and 14, 000 teachers would lose their jobs.
The collection -- which numbers more than 100 pieces and is the largest the gallery has ever commissioned -- is displayed in several styles, including cinematic vignettes, life-size cut outs and straight head shots.
The Greek centre-right would have preferred a much faster and steeper cut in public spending combined with tax cuts, and - in its head at least - much bigger and faster proceeds of privatization.
During the Reagan Administration, he served for a year as the number-two official at the Veterans Administration, but departed when the agency head sought to cut veteran benefits and downplayed the dangers of exposure to Agent Orange (a herbicide used extensively by U.S. forces in Indochina).
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William Tauzin, head of America's pharmaceutical lobby, warns that regulatory efforts to cut costs could stifle life-saving innovation.
The Dutch defender had clashed heads with team-mate Henning Berg, who was able to carry on despite also bleeding from a cut head.
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"It will probably take more than one interest-rate cut to put the economy on an upward trajectory, " said Howhow Zhang, head of research at Shanghai consulting firm Z-Ben Advisors.
After scoring on a power-play with 12:03 left to cut the Canadiens lead to 4-3, he capped a scramble in front by diving in head first to poke a loose puck through goalie Peter Budaj's legs to force overtime.
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