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Many in the crowd shouted in anger at the referee after Wright appeared to apply a choke hold on Leighton, who lay motionless on the floor for several seconds. No penalty was called...

Author: By Ashwin M. Krishnan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wrestling Rebounds With Pair of Victories | 2/18/2003 | See Source »

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 | 2/9/2003 | See Source »

...When you show your anger, [your opponents] know they have an advantage,” Hall said. “So you can choke up on your racket and [hit yourself] subtly, and it kills. So it gets out your aggression while also not letting [your opponent] get any satisfaction...

Author: By Brenda Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Squash Captain Downs Nation's Best | 2/6/2003 | See Source »

...bomb." And unlike the pagers, which only check containers singled out for inspection, the new portal devices will be routinely applied to all cargo, not just the high-risk kind. Customs is installing the devices at the exit gates of the nation's major seaports and at key traffic choke points, such as international bridges, tunnels, rail crossings and U.S. Postal and private parcel-shipping facilities. One prototype has already been deployed at a busy commercial crossing along the U.S.-Canadian border. More will follow--but to foil terrorists, Customs isn't advertising where or when. And no photos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuclear Terror: No Entry | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

...aspects of U.S. foreign policy bewilder Americans more than the marriage of convenience the U.S. maintains with Saudi Arabia, the homeland of Osama bin Laden, 15 of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers and a ruling royal family that, according to some counterterrorism officials, seems unable or unwilling to choke off the flow of Saudi largesse to terrorists. These officials believe that prominent Saudis, including members of the 5,000-person royal family, "continue to provide funding and resources to al-Qaeda," in the words of one official, and that Riyadh has in some cases been slow to share intelligence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Twist of the Arm | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

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