Word: throatedly
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...like TIME and I like Ike, but I feel as though you are cramming him down my throat...
...former level of the rocky island. Every five or ten minutes it shoots up tons of gas and ash, then lies quiet for five or ten minutes. Between explosions, Dr. Dietz from his airplane took a deep look into the crater. He estimated that the temperature of the erupting throat is about 2,000° F. He also noticed the rotten-eggs odor of hydrogen sulfide, which volcanologists consider a sign that a volcano is quieting down...
...village, they would arrest the village constable on some phony charge, then strip the village. Other groups became counterfeiters, moonshiners, muggers. Children learned crime at their mother's knee. Some tribes pressed a silver rupee, fastened to a piece of string, into a newborn child's throat, where it would form a pocket which, when the child grew up, provided a hiding place for stolen coins and jewels...
...first day and night without tobacco. Since respiratory infections reduce the urge to smoke, a man might wait until he catches cold before he begins the agony of withdrawal. Or he might try a last night of overindulgence. Too much smoking can bring on a helpful sore throat...
...friendliness and reassurance of the young doctor who was as interested in finding out how a boy got along with his new baby sister as he was in giving inoculations. He was something of a presence, especially to little girls. "When he patted the glands in your throat, you felt you'd been blessed," one ex-patient remembers with a sigh. He wore a business suit rather than a white coat which might seem strange to little children, and he made a game of their regular checkups-designing a special structure up which they willingly scrambled...