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  • Checking in emotionally on the second day, my group members find their own choked-off voices -- amazing how many cough and clear their throats and say they have forgotten how to say how they feel.

    James S. Gordon: Helping Haitians to Heal, Part 3 (VIDEO) James S. Gordon 2010

  • Checking in emotionally on the second day, my group members find their own choked-off voices -- amazing how many cough and clear their throats and say they have forgotten how to say how they feel.

    James S. Gordon: Helping Haitians to Heal, Part 3 (VIDEO) James S. Gordon 2010

  • Checking in on the second day, my group members find their own choked-off voices -- amazing how many cough and clear their throats and say they have forgotten how to say how they feel.

    James S. Gordon: Helping Haitians to Heal, Part 3 (VIDEO) James S. Gordon 2010

  • Darian hadn't realized that he'd made a sound until he heard it in his own ears - half a strangled sob, half a choked-off gasp.

    Elephant in the City 2010

  • Checking in on the second day, my group members find their own choked-off voices -- amazing how many cough and clear their throats and say they have forgotten how to say how they feel.

    James S. Gordon: Helping Haitians to Heal, Part 3 (VIDEO) James S. Gordon 2010

  • Checking in emotionally on the second day, my group members find their own choked-off voices -- amazing how many cough and clear their throats and say they have forgotten how to say how they feel.

    James S. Gordon: Helping Haitians to Heal, Part 3 (VIDEO) James S. Gordon 2010

  • Checking in emotionally on the second day, my group members find their own choked-off voices -- amazing how many cough and clear their throats and say they have forgotten how to say how they feel.

    James S. Gordon: Helping Haitians to Heal, Part 3 (VIDEO) James S. Gordon 2010

  • It was a night-mare, unbelievable, but in those few minutes, while dreadful grunts and an occasional choked-off scream came out of the dark, I strove to make some sense of it.

    Fiancée 2010

  • Consumer spending, which fuels nearly three-quarters of U.S. growth, has retrenched sharply in recent months as households grappled with falling stock-market wealth, rising unemployment, and choked-off access to credit.

    Wal-Mart, Others See Tough Months Ahead; December Same-Store Sales Disappoint 2009

  • Like other major United Kingdom home builders, Persimmon has been buffeted by a decline in house prices, weak consumer sentiment and choked-off bank lending.

    FTSE 100 Evicts 2008

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