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...leotard” instead of the standard “cheese” and, with typical belligerence, declared that my dysfunctional camera was the result of faulty Chinese craftsmanship. (I owned a Kodak disposable.) As the shutter clicked, the U.S. Congressman put me in a half-Nelson...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, RAHUL ROHATGI | Title: 'Beam Me Up, Mr. Speaker' | 4/19/2002 | See Source »

...Quince, Max Wright's scallion-chomping Flute and their cohorts dig up laughs you'd only guessed at, reading the play. But the young lovers, too, keep their scenes from bogging down into indistinguishable, interchangeable laments: Sloan's strong-willed and-armed Helena gets a hapless Demetrius into a half-nelson, and literally dogs his path with a graphic spaniel imitation; Eric Elice and Marianne Owen as Lysander and Hermia separate "as may well be said becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid" before they fall asleep, roll towards each other and exchange places before waking up. Even Linn-Baker...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Out of Discord, Concord | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

Consequently, the differences that look so small on paper are at the bargaining table very large indeed. While things are being sorted out, 60 per cent of the nation's air traffic is grounded, and commerce is put, if not in a strangle-hold, at least in a half-nelson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Airline Strike | 7/15/1966 | See Source »

Dear Tod, we like your savoir-faire Direct and deft and debonair. No pitch, no plaques, no benefits, No Ladies' Aid, no worker kits. Half-Nelson tactics aren't your dish You twist your ring and state your wish. The genie hears: Voila, a champ. The oil doth pour from Nelson's lamp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 23, 1960 | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

...match, John Watkins pinned Art Landy of Amherst, using a body press with a reverse half-nelson, at 5:18. Watkins had to escape a dangerous situation before winning, as Landy almost pinned him with a leg and chancery hold. Crimson heavyweight Bob Wynne scored the other pin for the varsity, finishing off Ken Wood with a cradle hold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Win, 28-5, Over Amherst Team | 2/26/1959 | See Source »

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