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...cutting through other tangles that choke his city, Lindsay has done better than just about anyone else could have. Not always appreciated in New York-or in Nelson Rockefeller's Albany-he is generally regarded in Washington offices that handle urban programs as the best big-city mayor in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JOHN LINDSAY'S TEN PLAGUES | 11/1/1968 | See Source »

...gonna choke...

Author: By Sal I. Imam, | Title: The Who | 8/13/1968 | See Source »

...defense" while "the state itself is abundantly armed." In this, the way-out left sounds oddly similar to the way-out right, whose spokesmen claim that if guns were registered, invading Communists would merely have to get the lists from police stations in order to disarm the nation and choke off resistance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE GUN UNDER FIRE | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

...effort to sustain a steady drive the entire game and avoid the usual "Harvard choke" in the final period, Coach Bruce Munro shifted his strategy and started three midfields instead of the normal...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: Stickmen Down Princeton For 1st Time in 43 Years | 4/29/1968 | See Source »

Andreini--a veteran Ivy performer with a "choke" reputation--and Downey broke Princeton records against Penn last Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strong Crimson Thinclads Should Dispose of Tigers | 4/20/1968 | See Source »

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