Word: chokingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...women's hoopsters failed last night to choke the Syracuse Orangemen's inside game, losing 68-54 at Syracuse to a team that towered over them by three or four inches...
...major industrialized nations may seriously stall economic recovery. The oil exporters will drain $120 billion from the importing countries next year, and every Western nation seems determined to reduce its deficit in order to keep its currency strong. As governments slow their economies by escalating interest rates, they also choke off the capital investment that is vital for renewed growth. An additional danger is that, as unemployment rises, workers will demand protection from imports. New barriers to world trade would ensure sluggish growth. European industrialists have already been lobbying governments to limit the imports of American textiles and Japanese cars...
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...know how Ali will explain his loss--his unwillingness after so much training and so much bravado to give it a real try. How can he explain that he threw only thirty punches in a ten-round fight? How can he convince us that he didn't choke, or that he had never really intended to win and just wanted to pick up $8 million in cool cash...
...budget is severely out of sync. Reagan's program would hold federal revenues to less than 21% of G.N.P. in 1985. Carter's proposal accepts a huge rise in the tax burden to nearly 24% of G.N.P. This is a turning point in American history; unless we choke off budget growth, we cannot rebuild the economy...