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In Washington, the Carter Administration readied a bill to un tie the red tape that has been strangling construction of nuclear-power plants.

From Time Magazine Archive

She has been strangling yawns all the morning, and I am sure she was only too delighted at the idea of seeing a fresh face.

From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver