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Later Thomas J. Clarke '04 flashed the choke-symbol to a chorus of Bush jokes when it was prematurely announced that Vice President Al Gore '69 would win in Florida...

Author: By Joseph P. Flood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: GOP and Dem Parties Turn Into Tense Affairs | 11/8/2000 | See Source »

...NCAA watching on Saturday? Didn't they see Harvard choke against Columbia, while we came back from a 2-0 deficit against Yale and won 3-2 in overtime? Which team has more heart...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Don't Fear De Remer: Sorry Brown, You Should've Seen it Coming | 11/7/2000 | See Source »

...that could act or was funny. Ryan is from Oklahoma and is not a Jew. We got avideotape from him early in the process and we didn't even open it. But then we had five days left and we didn't have a Lenny. So almost at the choke we said open the tape from Oklahoma. We quickly flew him out. He was brilliant, but he wasn't the character. So we crossed our fingers and threw him in with a dialect coach and 24 hours later the coach called and said "he's got it." Ryan...

Author: By Rebecca Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alexander the Great: From 'Seinfeld' Star to Big-Time Director | 10/20/2000 | See Source »

...goal in judo is similar to that in wrestling: outpoint your opponent by outmaneuvering him, or flatten him on the mat for a pin, or ippon. There are a couple of neat options too, such as squeezing the other guy's neck in a choke hold or an armlock until he says uncle. World Wrestling Federation fans, you'll like this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Hope He Chokes | 8/30/2000 | See Source »

Locker 13 is a formulaic combination of junior-high athletics and supernatural intimations. The whole tale seems as overheated as its young hero Luke Greene's reaction when he learns he has been assigned the unlucky locker: "My breath caught in my throat. I started to choke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Another Stab At Chills! | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

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