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...which is worse: to be so out of it, like both teams in any contest among the hapless ones--the Padres (41 games out, no less), Giants, Astros, Angels, or Braves--or to be a late-season casualty, a "choke", such as the Redlegs, Phillies, or Bosox. One must wonder if it isn't more fun for Angel fans to go to the park with the idea that their team might chop off the grasping fingers of a club trying to maintain a handhold on first place, than to see a squirming team such as Boston, whose only hustle...
When Pei unveiled library plans last May, he was criticized for not providing enough on-site praking for the influx of cars generated by the museum. Now community leaders are criticizing Pei for providing a 435-car on-site parking lot, charging it will generate traffic patterns which will choke off Harvard Square...
Although the President's decision to choke off any further turnover of White House tapes or documents to Chairman Peter Rodino's impeachment committee had been signaled clearly by Presidential Defense Counsel James St. Clair, Nixon's formal declaration carried a ring of finality. Feigning ignorance of the purpose of two subpoenas issued by the committee on May 15, Nixon wrote Rodino that "I can only presume that the material sought must be thought to relate in some unspecified way to what has generally been known as 'Watergate.' " Nixon noted his counsel's reports...
ALTHOUGH WEALTHY countries like the U.S., Japan or France may not choke on their own waste, Illich predicts that their societies will collapse into a "sociocultural energy coma" and undergo cold-turkey treatment when they are forced by the rest of the world to reduce their energy consumption. Nations like China (for a short time, at least), India and Burma have not yet reached the point of no return and can still "stop short of an energy stroke." But while people in developed countries speed onward blindly addicted to ever-increasing energy consumption, he tells Third World peasants to remain...
...almost certain defeat. After three more balls, he stood at 83,450, perfect chocking range. This is the essence of sports--a man reacting to a challenge, knowing exactly where he stands and what he has to put out to win. Winners are the ones that don't choke, the ones who get the key hit with the bases loaded, two outs, and losing by a run in the bottom of the ninth, the players who make the shoestring catch for a first down and maybe a touchdown. In this case, the competitor who can, with a single ball remaining...