Word: chokes
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...choke off such loose talk Seattle last week opened a lip-zippering campaign. Its slogan: '"Halo Wawa!"-a Chinook phrase meaning, approximately, "I don't talk...
...should be kept out of the way (if a patient cannot control his tongue, it can be fastened to the clothing by a single stitch through it). Lives may be saved if men wounded in the lower jaw are kept either upright or lying face downward. Recumbent they may choke to death...
Fear. Before the war Hess was a paranoid, hoped to retire to the Bavarian Alps for rest and nerve repair. As the months of captivity passed in Scotland, he developed a persecution mania. "They" were trying to "choke me." Sometimes when he said this his hands would fly to his throat and he would stagger backward, screaming. A psychologist finally learned who "they" were: the people of Europe. Screamed Hess: "Like grass, they grow, higher and higher. They think we are evil and they hate us. The war goes on longer and they get stronger and stronger. From all over...
Holders of T (commercial) rations were ordered to make their current allowance last until July 26, instead of July 1. In effect, this meant an overall 40% mileage cut for trucks, buses and taxis. Prime purpose was to choke off the black-market supply, much of which comes through sales of T coupons by operators who have wangled more than they need...
...Afterwards I figured he was trying to get my lifejacket. Then, I don't know what I figured, except to get away from him. The lifejacket was tied right at my throat. The Japanese kept clawing at my throat, trying to choke and scratch me. He tried to gouge my eyes out, and he dug his nails into my cheek...