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...choke team of the '90s mounts historic comeback in taking two back from the Padres, but falls short once again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Wisdom | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

Haphazard controls are not even much help to countries that impose them, because they choke off foreign investment just when it is most sorely needed. To make matters worse, Malaysia looks ready to use its controls to ease pressure on Mahathir's debt-ridden cronies instead of attempting to fix its shattered economy. Meanwhile, Hong Kong authorities find themselves stuck with $15 billion worth of stock that they purchased in August to prop up the market. Selling the shares now would drive down prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stickier Money | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

...moved thousands of troops into position and threatened Monday to attack Syria unless Damascus stops backing Turkey's Kurdish separatists. But Syria's motivation for supporting the Kurds may be a way of sending a message: "Syria fears that Turkey's Ataturk Dam on the Euphrates River will choke its water supply," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "They've sheltered the Kurdish guerrillas as a way of warning the Turks not to push them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Turkey-Syria Water Fight? | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

Tuesday's indictments follow an 11-month grand jury investigation initiated after Krueger's Phi Gamma Delta fraternity brothers allegedly left the first-year student to choke on his own vomit during an initiation ritual. Krueger died two days after being found in a coma in the fraternity house basement...

Author: By Caitlin E. Anderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MIT Frat Indicted In Kreuger Case | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

...fraternity brothers allegedly left him in the basement to choke on his own vomit, and the family is threatening...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Binge Drinking Death Forces Changes in MIT Alcohol, Housing Policy | 9/8/1998 | See Source »

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