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  • Meanwhile, those southerners imagined to be benefiting from northern largesse take to the streets of Athens and Lisbon to rage against the strangulatory strings attached to the money.

    Globalisation: Spinning into reverse | Editorial 2011

  • Meanwhile, those southerners imagined to be benefiting from northern largesse take to the streets of Athens and Lisbon to rage against the strangulatory strings attached to the money.

    Globalisation: Spinning into reverse | Editorial 2011

  • But Richelieu had taken her white neck in the short strangulatory hug of the small boy, and held her fast.

    A Phyllis of the Sierras Bret Harte 1869

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