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Word: chokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cleary agreed in dismissing the choke rap on the current Eagle squad, saying. "I hear that stuff all the time. But how can you fault the B.C. team? They played a helluva hockey game tonight...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Icemen Nip Eagles, 2-0, In Playoffs | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

...invisible odds, the small but scrappy NOMATEP coalition--lacking legal and technical expertise--repeatedly grabbed the ear and approval of judges and regulators. Harvard was repeatedly told to prove that the diesel engines for the plant--which would be the largest of its kind in North America--would not choke Boston. To Harvard's dismay, the hearings triggered a spiral of unforeseen delays and escalating costs...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Making Energy and Enemies | 3/10/1982 | See Source »

...tragedy is that the President's ideological rigidity seems certain toe choke off the promising long-term features of his new Caribbean policy. For the next 12 years, almost all basin exports to the United States will be duty-free; as a result, most experts agree, the President's initiative will likely stimulate the creation of many new products. And by calling for increased technology transfers and the teaching of marketing strategies. Reagan just might insure the region's future competitively in agriculture and industry. Additional U.S. financial assistance will probably bail out countries like Honduras and Costa Rica, enabling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan's New Plan | 3/5/1982 | See Source »

...greatest worry of economists, however, was not the reduction of social programs but that the huge deficits would force interest rates still higher and choke off the general economic recovery Reagan's advisers are predicting for later this year (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan's Deficit: A Line Drawn in the Dirt | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

...only once in the last 16 years--in 1976. They've been the losers in the last three finals, and in the past two years strong seasons have been cut short by upset losses in the playoffs. As much as it annoys the Eagles, many have labelled them a "choke" team...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Eagles, Huskies Set to Scrap | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

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