Word: chokingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...together have spent more than two centuries on this planet, assembled on the chilled South Lawn of the White House. Ronald Reagan, 72, signed cheerfully. Thomas P. O'Neill, 70, spoke passionately. Congressman Claude Pepper, 82, gave his fervent blessing. Three months ago they were ready to choke one another. Now they smiled...
President Reagan's attacks on high interest rates in general have helped to fuel the furor. Reagan, apparently fearing that heavy borrowing costs could choke off the recovery, renewed his criticism last week while denouncing a banking industry drive against withholding taxes on dividends and interest. Snapped he: "It would be far better if the bankers spent less time lobbying and more time lowering interest rates." Reagan began trying to talk down rates in February by charging that they were too high in relation to the current low level of inflation. That argument suffered little last week when...
...such an ostensibly reasonable law to colleges and universities would bring disastrous consequences for higher education and, by logical extension, for the country as a whole. Eliminating mandatory retirement would place an unendurable burden on the system of lifetime tenure for professors so essential to academic freedom. It would choke off opportunities for younger scholars to move ahead, impair universities' ability to carry out affirmative action in hiring, and probably force institutions to rethink the tenure process. In short, the idea that professors could hang on indefinitely would damage the lifeline through which the all-important scholarship and teaching...
...actors heighten their stylization, making them cartoon versions of themselves. These masks emphasize the actors' exaggerated facial expressions, making the comedy more visual. Omelet's jaw, dropped in surprise, hangs at chest level for two minutes or more; the nervous suitor and his bride-to-be squirm, choke and bite their nails as they try to make innoucuous conversation...
Over drinks, your client shares a disturbing bit of news. The bid you have been helping him prepare for construction of the new city hall is a sure winner because he has arranged to slip the mayor $10,000. You choke on an hors d'oeuvre, pondering the lawyer's age-old dilemma: what to do about a client who admits to being involved in an ongoing crime...