Word: chokes
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David Mamet has me in a rear naked choke hold, and I'm quickly losing oxygen. He has knocked me to the ground and spun me on my back, with his right arm hooked tightly around my neck. He is 24 years older than I am and quite a bit shorter, but it has been determined in less than 20 seconds that he can kick my ass. "That was very good," he says, his breathing only faintly increased as I get up from the mat and suck in air. "You moved it from a double-leg takedown to a single...
...Heading into the final round at the championships, the Crimson players found themselves up 10 strokes, and hoping to avoid a last-day choke...
...best seller, The Audacity of Hope, at his heels. Why the need to have a book he wrote so close by? Is Obama really briefing himself with his own words? He had better broaden his horizons and begin researching beyond his own 2002 hope catchphrase, or he will choke on his ego before the Democratic Party has a chance to perform the Heimlich maneuver. Danielle Charette, DURHAM, CONN...
...voter. But a closer look shows a copy of his best seller, The Audacity of Hope, at his heels. Why the need to have a book he wrote so close by? He had better broaden his horizons and begin researching beyond his own 2002 "hope" catchphrase, or he will choke on his own ego before the Democratic Party has a chance to perform the Heimlich maneuver. Danielle Charette, Durham, Connecticut...
Innovation like that could also help to strangle music piracy; some 20 billion files were downloaded illegally in 2006. The music business has called on Internet Service Providers (ISPs), which host that traffic, to do more to choke it off, and an agreement was reached in France late last year requiring ISPs to stop large-scale copyright infringers. But to shake off its blues, the record business must itself continue to break old habits. Saying yes to rehab is a start, but returning to health is going to take a sustained dose of discipline and imagination...