Word: throat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...great many of you Democrats in 1940 ran off after a certain Governor [Missouri's former Governor Lloyd C. Stark], who was trying to cut my throat and he didn't do it successfully-they are not going to succeed this time either...
...whole graceless affair was a prime example of how Congress, in an election year, can hold itself at arm's length and punch its own nose. For Congress had 1) given the Voice so little money that it was unable to keep the frog out of its throat; 2) insisted that private companies, wherever possible, be called in to do the work...
...Kentucky Derby prospect, could "run like an "ape with a striped behind."* There was also talk about the strange noises Coaltown used to make, like a furnace roaring, when he breezed or galloped. Some said he was wind-broken. Actually, the weird, snoring noises were a hangover from a throat ailment that once caused him to keel over during a workout, and that kept him from racing as a two-year-old. Now, the noises were gone. Last winter at Hialeah Park, when he ran his first race, Coaltown won with ridiculous ease. Next time out, Coaltown equaled Hialeah Park...
...Right and left sides of the forehead and chest, and the menubrium, a little notch at the base of the throat...
...petulant, sex-edged moan, was stronger than ever although she had done no singing at the reformatory. Seemingly tireless and with only three days of rehearsal behind her, she sang 32 numbers, mostly cultist favorites like Billie's Blues, All of Me, Fine and Mellow, and the throat-tightening Strange Fruit...