Word: chokes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...content. Let a thousand flowers bloom. Get you to your Ukrainian Institute, and you to Wigglesworth Hall. And you enjoy your "Survey of Western Art 1300-Present," and you your "Financial Accounting." And you from West Palm Beach, Florida, meet your roommate from Omaha, Nebraska. May the admissions office choke on that ghastly word diversity, but Harvard Tradition, struggle as we may against it, is sure to bring us all down in the end anyhow. There is Vertias in what this book has to tell us after...
...Saudis have made every effort to stay out of the war, even though they have given Iraq billions of dollars for weaponry. They have refused to fire back at Iranian planes that for the past month have flown into Saudi airspace in response to Iraq's efforts to choke off Iranian oil exports by firing at tankers using Iran's oil ports. As a result, Iran has been able to count on a big advantage: the determination of Saudi Arabia and the smaller gulf states to stay out of the conflict. Now, it appears, the Saudi policy...
Those million-dollar salaries paid to America's top executives [ECONOMY & BUSINESS, May 7] make me choke. These businessmen blame the Government for failing to pass trade restrictions and fault their workers for demanding higher wages. I feel cheated by these...
...accounts, a particularly grisly execution. The hangman had to climb onto the shoulders of one of the students, who was so thin that he could not choke to death, in order to complete the work of the noose. To ensure that the spectacle was properly attended, students were prevented from leaving the campus, but many turned their backs and refused to watch. When the hangings were over, someone in the crowd released a dog wearing a colonel's uniform with quotations from the "Green Book" of Gaddafi's wisdom pinned to the sleeves. Police reportedly chased...
Taking a full year of organic chemistry in eight weeks at Harvard summer school was a lot like eating that pizza. Although it seemed like a great idea beforehand, it was excruciating to choke down. But after my stomach had settled, there was a goofy sense of accomplishment. And much as I wanted to quit during the middle, it wasn't ever a realistic option...