Word: throatedly
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...much further on the hard-money limits; if the Democrats would index the limits for inflation, they had a deal. Feinstein shot out of the room to take the offer to Daschle, and for a few final moments the Republicans waited. When the deal was done, Thompson grabbed his throat with both hands, mock-choking over the compromise he had struck...
...sprinkling of slivered almonds, she can't just pick the nuts off the lettuce and go about eating the salad. The greens have come in contact with the almonds - and that contact, however brief, is enough to set off a terrifying reaction: Her hands start itching and her throat closes up. And if she doesn't get help fast, she can stop breathing. It happens more often than most of us realize; about 30,000 people are rushed to the emergency room each year for food allergies, and some 200 die from food-related allergic reactions each year...
Jacky talks about killing him, slitting his throat from 3 till 9 and hanging him upside down so the blood drains out of him the way it ran from the baby pigs they used to slaughter in her village before a funeral feast. He deserves it, really, she says, for his freeloading, for his hanging around, for how he just stands there, spindly legged and narrow chested and pimple faced with his big yearning eyes, begging for another...
...easily evolve into unflattering defensiveness. I can rationalize away a part of the antipathy, reminding myself that fans of less successful teams are understandably jealous of Duke's spectacular record, sterling reputation, legendary coach. It's hard, though, to completely shake the incredulous anger that rises in my throat when someone dares deprecate my team...
...Stanley Williams now tells it, he knew there was danger in leading an expedition of scientists into the throat of the Colombian volcano known as Galeras. After all, it was one of the most active in South America, with a history of violent eruptions dating back to the Spanish conquistadores. But the mountain seemed calm that fateful morning in January 1993 when Williams and 11 other volcanologists hiked over Galeras' rim to take its pulse--measuring tiny fluctuations in tilt, gravity, gas emissions and other signs of volcanic life. The scientists and a handful of tourists were spread out across...