Word: chokes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their modern incarnation, these mighty messengers and fearless soldiers have been reduced to bite-size beings, easily digested. The terrifying cherubim have become Kewpie-doll cherubs. For those who choke too easily on God and his rules, theologians observe, angels are the handy compromise, all fluff and meringue, kind, nonjudgmental. And they are available to everyone, like aspirin. "Each of us has a guardian angel," declares Eileen Freeman, who publishes a bimonthly newsletter called AngelWatch from her home in Mountainside, New Jersey. "They're nonthreatening, wise and loving beings. They offer help whether...
Silencing the boisterous crowd, Butler followed another inside move with a steal that created another fast-break and another Proudfit layup. Tightening the choke-hold, Frey hit a trey, Sophomore guard Amy Reinhard (seven points, four rebounds) hit a pull-up, and Frey ended the 15-0 run with a steal and layup...
...Researchers have also discovered the faulty gene responsible for a rare disorder (hyperekplexia) that causes sufferers to become stiff as a board when startled. Afflicted infants can choke or suffocate, and adults can break bones when they topple over. The gene affects sites in the brain and spinal cord that help control muscle reflex...
...glance the interior of Sweet Touch cafe and bakery seems an innocuous place. It's cozy--the sort of place where you might want to take your mom for a quick lunch and a homemade brownie. But a more careful inspection reveals a few items that might make mom choke on her Swiss roll...
Derek Jarman's ostensibly hip 1992 rendering of Christopher Marlowe's classic play is a fine example of how one can choke on one's own postmodernism. You won't be allowed to forget that the play was written centuries ago, but its timeliness (gay love, violently thwarted) will be thrust rudely at you like a piece of ACT-UP literature: fine if you're a piece of ACT-UP literature, but not necessarily if you're a Christopher Marlowe play. But first, the Cliff Notes. Edward II has a particular affection for a commoner named Gaveston, and makes...