Word: stranglehold
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...late I've found fascinating the antics of Western Europe in reaction to the Arab stranglehold on oil. Europe is so quick to disclaim any pro-Israel stance, even to the point of letting a partner, The Netherlands, go cold alone, and this strikes me as very telling of the European mentality and EEC maturity...
...suggestion that the determinists clammy fingers are being pried loose from a 50-year stranglehold on America's intellectual life is stimulating to contemplate. We may see the day when the dynamic concept that a person must consider himself primarily responsible for his own development will once again become acceptable...
...Unfortunately we have elected ourselves four more years of war, favoritism to the few, administrative stranglehold on our Judicial Branch and dictatorial leadership. If Congress is to balance the lopsided Government, it will be done only when some future President exercises insight and humility enough to give Congress back its power...
...gone for a Republican in 91 years. The only Southern papers of any size to opt for McGovern so far are Little Rock's Arkansas Gazette and Louisville's Courier-Journal. Elsewhere, Nixon enjoys a solid majority of editorial votes in the Midwest and a virtual stranglehold on the West Coast. In New England, the sole prominent daily to declare for McGovern to date is the Pittsfield (Mass.) Berkshire Eagle (circ...
Welcome Nowhere. Despite the Asians' distress, Amin's decision was obviously popular with the country's 10 million Africans, who generally resent the Asians for their relative-if still modest-wealth, their clannishness and sharp business practices, and their historic stranglehold on the wholesale and retail trades. "The British brought the Asians here to exploit us," cried one African speaker at a demonstration in Kampala. "They keep us in economic slavery." Amin himself accused the Asians of everything from sneaking money out of the country to keeping their account books in Hindi and Gujarati to confuse...