Word: chokes
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...Pring-Wilson stammered, breathing heavily. It took the defendant nearly a minute to choke back his sobs and attempt to stifle his moans while everyone in the courtroom remained silent...
...people not taken the warnings issued by forecasters so seriously. For this, says Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, part of the credit goes to aerial reconnaissance and surveillance missions similar to the one I'm on. The reams of data collected by each flight--"enough to choke a horse on," is how Mayfield puts it--have increased the credibility of hurricane landfall projections, and that, in turn, has prompted more people to evacuate to higher ground. Last week, for example, hundreds of thousands fled New Orleans, removing themselves from the threat of a storm surge in Lake...
...example, Shanghai and other Asian cities are now competitors with Hong Kong for investment and talent. And Hong Kong has yet to find a way of working with the authorities in Guangdong province, which belches eye-stinging pollution that, on a bad summer day, can choke the city...
...Candrea, who hid his grief over the last few weeks to guide the U.S. to the championship. But now the ride is over. "It helped," Candrea says. "That's all I can say." At the post-game press conference, with Candrea sitting on her left, Fernandez began to choke up. "I don't know Mike Candrea that well - he only started coaching me last year," Fernandez said. "But the one thing I prayed to God I could do was play the best softball I possibly could, just to give one piece of solace to him." Candrea buried his eyes...
Conservationists used to choke on the topic of hunting, but increasingly they are prepared to accept some limited and tightly controlled hunts when they generate revenue for locals who might otherwise kill off the predators. "It seems counterintuitive that killing animals can be good for conservation," says Frank. "But trophy hunting is extremely lucrative, and in order to produce a few trophy males, it is a necessity to preserve vast ecosystems...