Word: chokingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there herbicide residues in the ground in the sprayed areas which will prevent or alter the regrowth of vegetation? The HAC is uncertain. They do know that bamboo growth may choke off hardwood regeneration and that crabs and weeds may prevent mangrove reforestation, but little is known of the fate of the chemicals themselves...
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Thus, when I answered that it was not difficult to intellectually intimidate David Reisman, all conversation at the party stopped. I could see the eyes of the brilliant young man in front of me dilate. I watched him choke slightly on his scotch as he feebly mumbled something about not being aware of that. My only way out of such an impasse was to go into the bathroom of the small suite with the hope that the discussion which I had stopped would resume by the time I had refilled my glass with ice and scotch...
...league with the old men in the House." A filibuster was promptly launched against the $210 million project by Wisconsin Democrat William Proxmire, who opposes the SST on cost and ecological grounds. He was joined by Democratic presidential prospect Edmund Muskie. Republican Leader Hugh Scott marshaled a vote to choke off the filibuster, but it fell far short of the two-thirds vote required...
...ships and a chain of automatic sensing buoys, plus aerial photography and satellite observation. The system would be used to spot the source of pollutants like oil, mercury and lead. It would also monitor oxygen levels in the seas and "red tides," the abnormal growth of phytoplankton that can choke out other forms of marine life. Obviously, such a system will need the political support of nations that now exploit and degrade the seas...