Word: choking
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...flood of official rhetoric in the last four days invoking Martin Luther King's non-violence to choke potential riots has obscured the edge of the man's philosophy and the distinctiveness of his achievement. King was always a militant--his intent was to expose the white viciousness with which his non-violence was met. And so his assassination was not truly a shock; nor should the country sanctimoniously pretend not to understand why this man's death has provoked new bursts of despair and anger from the ghetto...
...Cincinnati--The Reds have all the potential to win the title, but they also have an unnerving affinity for the injury and the choke. Lee May and Tony Perez are among the best young players in baseball...
...even conduct the family bane no more. The argyments continue up to ee-lection night, when Benjamin Harrison beats out Grover (hope that don't spile the suspense none). In the end, the couple gits reunited o'course, Grandpa picks up his baton, and it's choke-up time again, bringin' tears to the eyes and a lump to the studio. That family band is somethin', but that grandpa -he's somethin' else. Matter of fact, he's Walter Brennan and that means his creaky voice is goin' to turn...
...miles northeast of the capital; the railway terminal and power plant in Lao Cai, a North Vietnamese town that sits directly on the Chinese border; the piers at the auxiliary port of Hon Gai; and, of course, the docks at Haiphong. But unless the U.S.'s new choke-and-destroy air strategy is suddenly curtailed, all those objectives, except perhaps the Haiphong docks, are soon likely to feel the blast of U.S. air strikes...
...airpower attempted to choke off the flow of Soviet and Chinese weaponry into Viet Nam, U.S. troops of the 9th Infantry Division turned up dramatic evidence that war materiel is still finding its way South. Tracking suspicious footprints in the thick jungle of Phouc Tuy province, some 30 miles east of Saigon, a 20-man patrol discovered a tunnel so recently deserted that a candle was still flickering inside. From a maze of interlocking tunnels and chambers, the troops toted out a huge cache of ammunition and at least 675 weapons, including Chinese-made recoilless rifles and brand-new Soviet...