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And even Hoffman's sentimental interpolations can't strangle the comic spirit of Kevin Kline.
Memo to Bob Shrum: Your candidate, Al Gore, needs to "strangle the baby in the bath"--that is, crush Bill Bradley in both the Iowa caucuses next Monday and the New Hampshire primary eight days later.
The USAT front brings startling news for parents of infants: the government's Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling nearly ten million foldable playpens because their raised rivets can strangle toddlers by catching on their clothes or pacifiers.
Last summer and fall, when it sometimes felt as if the global economy were on the verge of a massive nervous breakdown, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates three consecutive times--including one between-meetings rate cut--to ensure that suddenly panicky lenders didn't strangle access to credit.
"Strangle another child with a gummy worm."