Word: throating
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...twitted the Premier with adroit insinuations that the Cartellist Ministers?Chautemps (Interior), Deladier (Education), Durafour (Labor), Renoult (Justice)?were about to resign from the Cabinet, thereby discrediting the Briand Government and paving the way for a purely Cartel Ministry. For the benefit of everyone within hearing the Briand throat was cleared. His luxuriant tufted jungle of hair seemed to dilate as he cast a swift piercing glance about...
...Little Hsu" cleared his throat and spat contemptuously in the general direction of the travelers. For a decade he has rejoiced at being known as "the worst hated and most utterly unscrupulous man in China." The travelers drew back and whispered lower...
...problem is rather delicate as well as difficult. What can the U. S. do about it? Retaliation in other ways is always a dangerous procedure, leading to cut-throat practices. Yet price regulation by restriction of production is purely a domestic policy in the countries concerned, with which we cannot directly interfere...
...cleared his throat. A wag cried, "Now for the 'cello soloist!" referring to the Premier's deep and resonant voice. Gravely, as though burdened by the import of his words, M. Briand spoke: "Never has a government under my leadership found itself facing such redoubtable circumstances. . . . The Chamber has in its hands the destiny of the Nation. ... To demand such inflation and such taxation as is now necessary is to put a great responsibility upon you. . . . But I honor my countrymen in thinking that they will thank you, their representatives, if you save the country in this perilous...
...Yale threatened almost always; Harvard never, really, even once; but time and again, with his back to its wall and with the Bulldog's teeth almost on his throat, John Harvard yanked himself away and, by sheer fighting spirit, denied the New Haven warrior his due."--Melville E. Webb Jr., Boston Globe...