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Word: chokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...CHOKE POINTS...

Author: By Emil E. Parker, | Title: All Choked Up | 2/15/1986 | See Source »

...President explained to the media Tuesday that there were 16 choke points--vital straits and canals through which supplies and raw materials are shipped to the West--that the Soviets would try to close...

Author: By Emil E. Parker, | Title: All Choked Up | 2/15/1986 | See Source »

According to our strategically minded President, U.S. military bases in the Philippines are vital to protect the choke points in Indonesia...

Author: By Emil E. Parker, | Title: All Choked Up | 2/15/1986 | See Source »

Stylistically, "Mona" recaptures the simple sadness of the "Sweet Baby James" album. Indeed, the listener has to strain to hear the steel pedal and the satirical lilt and choke in James's voice. All in all, it's one of the funniest songs Taylor has ever written...

Author: By Robert A. Katz, | Title: Adult James | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...history of violence that includes stabbing a mental health worker. Sent repeatedly to mental institutions in suburban Philadelphia, she kept getting sprung, thanks in part to various courts' strict interpretations of Pennsylvania's involuntary- commitment law. A year ago, she was committed for 20 days after trying to choke her mother but, against the recommendation of her psychiatrist, was released yet again. Last week Seegrist's mother Ruth tried to persuade her daughter to commit herself to a hospital for treatment. "She said I had no business telling her what to do and that I couldn't make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pennsylvania: You Know I'M Guilty - Kill Me | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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