Word: choke
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...performers like Terry Valenzuela (who missed the finals last year only because he lost a fence-off for the last slot) and Gordon Rutledge, Marion can count on a reasonably strong showing. While Valenzuela lost out in his bid to make the All-Ivy fencing squad through the proverbial "choke" in the season's finale against Yale (he lost three straight bouts), he is still one of the finest sabre men in the East, and should have little trouble making the finals...
...synergistic: one multiplies the effects of the other. Taken together, they can depress the respiratory center and stop breathing; they may also slow the reflexes in the back of the throat, so that if a user vomits (which may happen after a large dose of methaqualone), he can choke...
...backs to the wall for almost an hour," Barnaby said. "Every man knew that if he lost we would lose the match. One of the teams was going to choke; luckily it was Penn. When it got down to it we were goddamn tough...
Sure, sure. I'll probably choke to death laughing at it. (The MASS vanishes, leaving only a smile...
...tears are hitting these typewriter keys now, making them a little slippery. I cry not over my seat--that will come as I file into the Stadium--but over the record now on my stereo. It's a recording of Harvard's 29-29 win over the New Haven choke artists way back in '69. Some of you readers may be too young to remember that particular game, but no alumnus could ever forget...